Literary notes about scious (AI summary)
In literature, "scious" functions as a versatile term that both designates a state of perception and underpins complex psychological and sensory experiences. Writers often use its derivatives to delineate the spectrum between unreflective, automatic processes and deliberate acts of awareness, as seen when unintentional reactions emerge without conscious control [1, 2, 3]. The word also appears in discussions about the evolution and organization of the mind, where the successive states composing one's internal experience are emphasized [4, 5]. Furthermore, authors invoke "scious" to capture both the tangible sensations—such as the detection of a sound or a physical presence [6, 7]—and the philosophical contemplation of space and self, as in debates about space-consciousness [8, 9]. This dual usage enriches narratives by articulating the interplay between the inner life and the external world.
- Un-con'scious, not knowing, not perceiving.
— from McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey - His bitterest foes and his closest friends, have unconsciously joined in propagating it.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3
Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer - Yet he may not have been aware there was an uncon [169] scious connection between his interest in free love and the symbol of the serpent.
— from The Erotic Motive in Literature by Albert Mordell - The successive states which constitute consciousness, result from this.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3
Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer - Just as there is a continuous evolution of the nervous system, so is there a continuous evolution of the consciousness accompanying its action.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3
Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer - [Pg 45] scious that there was something in his hand.
— from The Boy Inventors' Electric Hydroaeroplane by Richard Bonner - [Pg 64] scious of a knocking sound in the woods beside the road.
— from Upon The Tree-Tops by Olive Thorne Miller - On the hypothesis of Evolution, the Space-consciousness results from organized motor, tactual, and visual experiences.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3
Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer - Its tones and cadences go on repeating themselves apart from any space-consciousness—they are not localized.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3
Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer