Literary notes about eliminate (AI summary)
The term “eliminate” is deployed with remarkable flexibility across literary contexts. In logical and mathematical discourses, it serves as a precise operation, such as dismissing variables to consolidate an expression ([1], [2]). In ethical and philosophical treatises, the word becomes emblematic of a process of purifying thought or behavior by removing error and corruption from moral reasoning ([3], [4]), while political and social writings employ it to illustrate radical measures—from abolishing military forces to excising undesirable societal elements ([5], [6], [7]). Even in narrative and rhetorical situations, “eliminate” functions metaphorically, as when it signifies the removal of painful memories or the reduction of distractions to uncover underlying truths ([8], [9]). This broad spectrum of usage underscores not only an emphasis on removal, but also an aspiration to achieve clarity, order, and transformation in thought and society.
- We see that, in order to get this Conclusion, we must eliminate m and m′ , and write x and y together in one expression.
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll - But to eliminate the value of x is what troubles them.
— from Life: Its True Genesis by Horatius Flaccus - How then can we hope to eliminate error from our moral intuitions?
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - The more one is disposed to interpret away and justify, the less likely he is to look directly at the causes of evil and eliminate them.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - In the years which followed the American Revolution, [Pg 10] the new union of States tried to eliminate military forces altogether.
— from The Armed Forces OfficerDepartment of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Department of Defense - In Morovenia there is a very strict law intended to eliminate the spinster from the social horizon.
— from The Slim Princess by George Ade - Van Buren did not speak, but he voted for the resolution, to eliminate the word "white," which was carried by a close vote—sixty-three to fifty-nine.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - When they are not showering bombs on you, you eliminate them from consciousness.
— from Round about Bar-le-Duc by Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day - I do not know how to eliminate these old memories from this story.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
