Literary notes about elucidation (AI summary)
In literary contexts, the term "elucidation" functions as a tool to bring clarity to obscure or complex ideas. It is used to signal a detailed explanation, whether addressing technical subjects or unraveling narrative mysteries. For instance, authors may refer to the need for elucidation when a critique or modern doctrine requires clearer exposition [1], while others evoke it metaphorically—as in the depiction of a sudden flash of light that offers insight amid darkness [2]. At times, elucidation is portrayed as an ongoing process that, despite its efforts, may still leave certain aspects only partially understood [3], underscoring the inherent challenge of achieving complete understanding. Thus, throughout literature, "elucidation" is employed to bridge gaps in comprehension, from technical dissertations to the subtleties of interpersonal and historical enigmas [4][5].
- Some who are not wholly in sympathy with what they loosely call “the modern movement” may think that the programme itself needs elucidation.
— from Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Philip Hale - They were an elucidation, a flash of light.
— from The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree - Yet, with all this elucidation, we take shame to ourselves for admitting that there are points which, after all, we do not comprehend.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various - But human nature has depths, obscurities, and perplexities, the analysis and elucidation of which is a matter of the very greatest difficulty.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - The princes of ancient Greek philosophy, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, gave much anxious thought to its elucidation.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey
