Literary notes about combat (AI summary)
The term "combat" appears in literature with a wide range of nuances, from the vivid portrayal of physical duels to abstract struggles of ideas and emotions. In historical and epic narratives, it often designates the tangible clash of warriors, as seen when noble figures engage in duels or single combats that embody honor and personal valor ([1], [2], [3]). In strategic treatises, the word is employed to discuss the art and regulation of warfare, underscoring its central role in the conduct and theory of military operations ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, "combat" is extended metaphorically to represent internal conflicts and the struggle against immoral or oppressive forces, highlighting how the term bridges the literal and symbolic dimensions of confrontation ([7], [8], [9]).
- The duke got angry, and one day he took up a foil and defied the Neapolitan marquis to a combat.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Bid the other Trojans and Achaeans all of them take their seats, and challenge the best man among the Achaeans to meet you in single combat.
— from The Iliad by Homer - And then that bull amongst Rakshasas loudly announcing his own name, challenged Lakshmana endued with auspicious marks, to a single combat.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - By this triple determination it has therefore a very essential influence on the issue of the combat.
— from On War by Carl von Clausewitz - Strategy knows no other activity than the regulating of combat with the measures which relate to it.
— from On War by Carl von Clausewitz - THE COMBAT CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II. CHARACTER OF THE MODERN BATTLE CHAPTER III.
— from On War by Carl von Clausewitz - I tell you the higher grades of life are reached only through struggle—combat.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Those who combat the sceptical view appeal specially to the testimony of conscience .
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer - How does primitive man combat evil?—He conceives it as a thing of reason, of power, even as a person.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche
