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.
- 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 - 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 - —With Claveria’s governorship we enter also upon the last phase of Moro piracy.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - You’re in a new phase again, I see—a conservative,” said Stepan Arkadyevitch.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy