Literary notes about Include (AI summary)
The word "include" is used across literature to connect a set of elements with a larger whole, often marking out what is contained within a category without necessarily summing everything up. In historical and legal texts, it clarifies that while many parts may be present, only a selected list is explicitly mentioned—for example, Gibbon’s work notes that certain groups "must include not only the bishops, but the abbots" [1]—while in philosophical writings it is employed to define the limits of an argument or explanation, as Russell does in excluding a definitive answer set from philosophy’s value [2]. In technical and grammatical works, "include" functions as an exact term to list items or forms, such as in the case of labeling specific Latin verb forms and gender words [3][4]. Even in more poetic contexts, the term can subtly signal the incorporation or exclusion of emotions or experiences, hinting at a broader commentary on human nature [5]. Across these genres, "include" serves as a versatile connective device that both specifies and limits the scope of what is being considered.
- p. 53,) who sat and voted at Frankfort, must include not only the bishops, but the abbots, and even the principal laymen.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - We cannot, therefore, include as part of the value of philosophy any definite set of answers to such questions.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - Verbs of will include those of desire, request, advice, resolution, stipulation, command, or permission.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - Consonant stems are mostly substantive, and include both gender words and neuters.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - My foolishness does not include malice, and I respect you even in my most violent bouts of despair.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud
