Literary notes about other (AI summary)
The term "other" in literature exhibits remarkable versatility, functioning both as an adjective and a pronoun to suggest contrast and distinguish between multiple entities, times, or ideas. It can designate a counterpart or an alternative, as when it marks a different party in a social scenario ([1]) or contrasts temporal settings like "the other night" ([2]). In philosophical debate and narrative dialogue, the word is used to invite readers to consider alternatives or exclusions, whether in discussions of moral choice ([3], [4]) or when distinguishing elements within a shared space or group ([5], [6]). Its employment enriches the text by subtly indicating relational dynamics and emphasizing the interplay between what is primary and what stands apart.
- You did not give feasts to other people, you waited for them to give feasts to you.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - And I heard that far-off crying again, just as we heard it the other night.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - POLUS: I should say 'No.' SOCRATES: Would any other man prefer a greater to a less evil? POLUS:
— from Gorgias by Plato - But if they contend that the prosperity of the other also is to be attributed to the aid of the gods, I ask of which?
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - She liked to offer trifling presents to the other boarders, and the money allowed her to gratify that innocent taste.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - And Pritha in the house of her adoptive father was engaged in looking after the duties of hospitality to Brahmanas and other guests.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
