Literary notes about Position (AI summary)
The word "position" is employed with striking versatility in literature, serving both literal and metaphorical functions. In narratives with military and strategic themes, it often describes a physical area or tactical posture—as when armies flank one another or a leader's place in command is noted [1, 2, 3]. In socially oriented or character-driven works, "position" refers to one's social status, prestige, or even the emotional stance of a person within a community [4, 5, 6]. Meanwhile, in technical or philosophical discourses, the term is used to denote precise spatial relationships or abstract concepts, ranging from the arrangement of parts in a mechanism to the alignment of ideas in an argument [7, 8, 9]. This multifaceted use enriches the narrative, lending both a concrete and an ideational weight to the discourse.
- On the 7th of February General Colley discovered that the Boers were flanking his position.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain - Gideon was in a tactically poor position.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - This position he carried, with some loss to the enemy; but there was so much delay that it was daylight before his troops really got off from there.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - " "But think of Dorian's birth, and position, and wealth.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - A man whose social position is self-made is apt to be detected by his continual cataloguing of prominent names.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - I don’t want to quarrel with my sisters, but I told my parents long ago that I wish to change my social position.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - This position is strengthened and established beyond controversy, by the failure of the mind in its efforts to construct an entirely new sense.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - The position of the other points on either side of this vertical line can then be observed.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed - The prostatic urethra branches upwards into three canals, formed by the relative position of the parts, e, c, b, a, d, at the neck of the bladder.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
