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Across literary and scholarly texts, the term "consists" is frequently used to delineate the essential components or nature of a subject—whether a physical object, idea, or abstract quality. In many contexts, it functions as a precise means to itemize parts or elements, as seen when a lung is described as composed of distinct sections [1], or a text is divided into specific parts [2, 3]. Equally, "consists" appears in more conceptual discussions, such as defining morality [4], reality [5], or even intricate emotional phenomena like love [6], thereby emphasizing the underlying structure or intrinsic makeup of these subjects. This dual capacity—to articulate both tangible assemblies and abstract essences—is what makes "consists" a valuable and versatile term in literary and philosophical analyses [7, 8, 9].
  1. "The right lung consists of three parts," he repeated; "the upper part, on anterior wall of thorax, reaches the fourth or fifth rib . . . .
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  2. The collection called Sæmund's Edda consists of two parts, viz., the Mythological and the Heroic.
    — from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Sæmundur fróði
  3. The name of this poem is Salamis; it consists of a hundred beautifully written lines.
    — from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch
  4. Morality consists then in the reference of all action to the legislation which alone can render a kingdom of ends possible.
    — from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant
  5. Reality consists precisely in this particular action and reaction of every isolated factor against the whole.
    — from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche
  6. “So love consists in the strong overcoming the weak.”
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  7. This also shows wherein the identity of the same MAN consists; viz.
    — from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke
  8. The science of strategy consists, in the first place, in knowing how to choose well a theater of war and to estimate correctly that of the enemy.
    — from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini
  9. Now the infinity of a series consists in the fact that it never can be completed by means of a successive synthesis.
    — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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