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In literary discourse, the word “postulate” often signifies a fundamental assumption that underpins an argument, theory, or narrative. Philosophically, it is invoked as an indispensable principle—such as in discussions of reason or the nature of moral and metaphysical systems [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]—firmly anchoring complex ideas that might otherwise be left unexamined. In other contexts, it serves to denote an accepted premise, whether in elucidating human limitations [6], defining theological authority [7, 8], or framing a creative hypothesis in narrative and poetic language [9, 10]. This versatile usage highlights how the postulate functions both as a tool for logical demonstration and as a means to suggest deeper, sometimes implicit, truths about our world.
  1. It is a logical postulate of reason: to pursue, as far as possible, the connection of a conception with its conditions.
    — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  2. The Immortality of the Soul as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason.
    — from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant
  3. {BOOK_2|CHAPTER_2 ^paragraph 40} V. The Existence of God as a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason.
    — from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant
  4. This proposition is here stated as a postulate.
    — from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant
  5. And now we shall proceed to point out the extensive utility and influence of this postulate of possibility.
    — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  6. If this small proportion is recognized, it justifies the postulate that nobody on earth may attain to 150 years.
    — from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
  7. Grant but its postulate, that the Pope is the sole vicar of Christ, and all which it requires must follow.
    — from The Church of England cleared from the charge of SchismUpon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
  8. A postulate is that such a man already believed in revelations.
    — from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  9. He’s jealous if she pets a dove, She must be his with all her soul; Yet ’tis a postulate in love
    — from The Angel in the House by Coventry Patmore
  10. But it is that postulate that I dispute.
    — from A Modern Symposium by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson

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