All 19 Uses of

consequence

in

Notes from the Underground

And the worst of it was, and the root of it all, that it was all in accord with the normal fundamental laws of over-acute consciousness, and with the inertia that was the direct result of those laws, and that consequently one was not only unable to change but could do absolutely nothing.
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1)

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

For them a wall is not an evasion, as for us people who think and consequently do nothing; it is not an excuse for turning aside, an excuse for which we are always very glad, though we scarcely believe in it ourselves, as a rule.
Chpt 1.3 (definition 1)

For through his innate stupidity the latter looks upon his revenge as justice pure and simple; while in consequence of his acute consciousness the mouse does not believe in the justice of it.†
Chpt 1.3 (definition 1)

Nature does not ask your permission, she has nothing to do with your wishes, and whether you like her laws or dislike them, you are bound to accept her as she is, and consequently all her conclusions.
Chpt 1.3 (definition 1)

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

I will tell you: in consequence of their limitation they take immediate and secondary causes for primary ones, and in that way persuade themselves more quickly and easily than other people do that they have found an infallible foundation for their activity, and their minds are at ease and you know that is the chief thing.†
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1)

I exercise myself in reflection, and consequently with me every primary cause at once draws after itself another still more primary, and so on to infinity.
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1) *

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

And so he is at rest on all sides, and consequently he carries out his revenge calmly and successfully, being persuaded that he is doing a just and honest thing.
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1)

But I see no justice in it, I find no sort of virtue in it either, and consequently if I attempt to revenge myself, it is only out of spite.
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1)

In consequence again of those accursed laws of consciousness, anger in me is subject to chemical disintegration.†
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1)

You look into it, the object flies off into air, your reasons evaporate, the criminal is not to be found, the wrong becomes not a wrong but a phantom, something like the toothache, for which no one is to blame, and consequently there is only the same outlet left again--that is, to beat the wall as hard as you can.
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1)

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

…because he does not know his own interests; and that if he were enlightened, if his eyes were opened to his real normal interests, man would at once cease to do nasty things, would at once become good and noble because, being enlightened and understanding his real advantage, he would see his own advantage in the good and nothing else, and we all know that not one man can, consciously, act against his own interests, consequently, so to say, through necessity, he would begin doing good?
Chpt 1.7 (definition 1)

Why, to maintain this theory of the regeneration of mankind by means of the pursuit of his own advantage is to my mind almost the same thing …. as to affirm, for instance, following Buckle, that through civilisation mankind becomes softer, and consequently less bloodthirsty and less fitted for warfare.
Chpt 1.7 (definition 1)

Consequently we have only to discover these laws of nature, and man will no longer have to answer for his actions and life will become exceedingly easy for him.
Chpt 1.7 (definition 1)

Moral obliquity and consequently lack of good sense; for it has long been accepted that lack of good sense is due to no other cause than moral obliquity.
Chpt 1.8 (definition 1)

It is not worth while to pay attention to them for they really are of no consequence.†
Chpt 2.1 (definition 2)

Consequently these transcendental natures are not found amongst us in their pure form.
Chpt 2.1 (definition 1)

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

He always thought me of no consequence whatever; his behaviour to me, though not quite courteous, was tolerable.†
Chpt 2.3 (definition 2)

I'll go on sitting here and drinking to the end, on purpose, as a sign that I don't think you of the slightest consequence.†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 2)

Definitions:

(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of)
a result of something (often an undesired side effect)