Literary notes about deduce (AI summary)
The term "deduce" in literature often conveys the act of inferring or drawing conclusions either from observable evidence or from abstract ideas. In detective fiction, for instance, the word is employed to emphasize a process of reasoning from subtle clues, as seen in the works featuring Sherlock Holmes, where characters are expected to deduce hidden facts from the smallest details ([1], [2], [3]). Meanwhile, in philosophical and historical texts, authors use "deduce" to indicate a logical progression from general principles to specific conclusions—for example, deducing moral lessons or establishing lineage and origin ([4], [5], [6]). Additionally, the term appears in rhetorical contexts to suggest that certain implications or rules are self-evident once the underlying data is set out, accentuating its versatility as both a tool for structured argumentation and creative interpretation ([7], [8]).
- As to what it was he feared, we can only deduce that by considering the formidable letters which were received by himself and his successors.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - 'I'm an excellent subject, if you can deduce anything from me.'
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - For example, how did you deduce that this man was intellectual?”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - ] The Franks, or French, are the only people of Europe who can deduce a perpetual succession from the conquerors of the Western empire.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - You deduce it from the Jewish religion; I would refer it to a more adequate and a more obvious source, a full persuasion of the truth of Christianity.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - For I was able to deduce the objective reality of these concepts only with regard to objects of possible experience.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant - To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course, and to observe their effects, may be a task more agreeable.
— from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems by Alexander Pope - From this increased prosperity we may confidently deduce the maxim that we should not kill and eat our fellow-creatures.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler
