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The word “thesis” in literature serves a remarkably diverse role, functioning not only as the label for an academic declaration but also as a versatile literary device. In formal and philosophical works, for example, figures such as Kant and Plato employ the term to denote clearly numbered propositions or arguments—see [1], [2], and [3]—while authors like William James and Émile Durkheim use it in broader discourses on science and society [4], [5], [6]. Meanwhile, in narrative contexts, “thesis” appears with a playful or even ironic tone: Alexandre Dumas’s works show it woven into both spirited dialogue and casual commentary, as evidenced by its recurrence in various snippets [7], [8], [9], [10]. This dual usage underscores the term’s capacity to bridge rigorous analytical thought and everyday conversation, making it a particularly adaptable element in the literary repertoire.
  1. 4. Thesis .
    — from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant
  2. THESIS IX
    — from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  3. Fourth Thesis:— To be and not to seem is the end of life.
    — from Gorgias by Plato
  4. It will be best to prepare the ground for my thesis by a few very general remarks on the method of getting at scientific truth.
    — from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
  5. [863] This is the thesis of Preuss in his articles in the Globus which we have cited several times.
    — from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim
  6. Mr. Allen promises to prove his thesis in detail by the examples of China, India, England, Rome, etc.
    — from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
  7. The two friends began to dance around the venerable St. Chrysostom, kicking about famously the sheets of the thesis, which had fallen on the floor.
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  8. “Stop there!” cried the Jesuit, “for that thesis touches closely upon heresy.
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  9. Are you then making a thesis?”
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  10. “Without a thesis?” cried d’Artagnan, “without a thesis?
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet

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