Literary notes about diverse (AI summary)
The term "diverse" functions as a versatile descriptor in literature, often emphasizing a rich variety and multiplicity within and across different realms. In some works it highlights the broad spectrum of ideas and opinions—for instance, philosophical treatises note that numerous differing perspectives coexist on matters of both body and mind ([1], [2], [3]). Elsewhere, in narratives and epic texts, the word vividly conveys the multifaceted qualities of settings, peoples, or objects, as seen in descriptions of varied landscapes and cultural traits ([4], [5], [6], [7]). Additionally, it plays a crucial role in underscoring the complexity of human experience and natural phenomena, where even the arrangements of sounds or the forms of wealth are portrayed as dramatically multifarious ([8], [9], [10]). Thus, "diverse" works as a literary tool to evoke complexity, difference, and the intermingling of distinct elements throughout various texts.
- For diverse philosophers have held diverse opinions, both concerning the good of the body, and the good of the mind, and the good of both together.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - Either there may be a thing "greater" than, and diverse from, all other things; or there may be a thing greater than, and including all, other things.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones - And the kinds of knowledge in a State are many and diverse?
— from The Republic by Plato - And so forth, of all other things that is done by the philosophers, they told me the causes of many diverse things.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville - O king, all decked in gold and endued with speed and strength and in full vigour of youth, and diverse other kinds of wealth.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - He visited diverse places, bathed in diverse sacred waters, and rested where night overtook him.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - In that abbey is a great garden and a fair, where be many trees of diverse manner of fruits.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville - Now the motion of the outer circle he called the motion of the same, and the motion of the inner circle the motion of the other or diverse.
— from Timaeus by Plato - No picture can do justice to the rich colors of the edifice or to the harmonious tone resulting from the skilful use of many diverse materials.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux - And there were various beautiful and wonderful trees of diverse hues resounding with diverse dulcet notes.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
