Literary notes about thesis (AI summary)
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.
- 4. Thesis .
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant - THESIS IX
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Fourth Thesis:— To be and not to seem is the end of life.
— from Gorgias by Plato - 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 - [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 - 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 - 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 - “Stop there!” cried the Jesuit, “for that thesis touches closely upon heresy.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Are you then making a thesis?”
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - “Without a thesis?” cried d’Artagnan, “without a thesis?
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet