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Literary notes about phase (AI summary)

The term "phase" in literature frequently marks a distinct period or stage in a process, emphasizing transition and development in both individual lives and broader historical or cultural movements. Authors employ it to denote a process of change—from the evolution of thought and behavior ([1], [2]) to the progression of societal and political conditions ([3], [4]). In some cases, it takes on a ritualistic or ceremonial aspect, as when it signals moments of religious observance ([5], [6]). Even in narrative forms, “phase” becomes a descriptor for temporary states of being, whether referring to a fleeting personality trait or a more substantial transformation in character or circumstance ([7], [8]). This multifaceted use underlines the term’s capacity to capture the complexity of progression, change, and continuity in literary contexts.
  1. What is here insisted upon is the necessity of an actual empirical situation as the initiating phase of thought.
    — from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
  2. The first phase of married love will pass, it is true, but then there will come a love that is better still.
    — from White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. —With Claveria’s governorship we enter also upon the last phase of Moro piracy.
    — from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
  4. It is, however, written on the face of the whole world, and the same process is going on now in its every phase.
    — from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway
  5. The sojourner also and the stranger if they be among you, shall make the phase to the Lord according to the ceremonies and justifications thereof.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  6. And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the Phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  7. I had recovered from my hysterical phase by this time and answered his hail, as he approached, bravely enough.
    — from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
  8. You’re in a new phase again, I see—a conservative,” said Stepan Arkadyevitch.
    — from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy

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