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Literary notes about section (AI summary)

In literature the term “section” serves as a versatile marker for organizing content across genres. In philosophical and legal treatises, it clearly demarcates distinct units of argument or regulation, as in the structured divisions of Hume’s inquiry [1] or Kant’s critical discourse [2]. At times it highlights parts of a physical or spatial description—for instance, dividing a sculpture into discrete parts [3] or outlining specific areas of land or architecture [4]. Even in narrative epic and technical writings, “section” aids in guiding the reader through shifts in theme or detail, helping to maintain clarity over complex subjects [5][6][7].
  1. SECTION V. SCEPTICAL SOLUTION OF THESE DOUBTS.
    — from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
  2. Section V. Of the Impossibility of a Cosmological Proof of the Existence of God.
    — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  3. The whole sculpture is divided into three sections separated by columns, the central section being as large as the two side ones taken together.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  4. Along the Illinois river in central Illinois is a great pecan section.
    — from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting
  5. ” So ends the thirteenth section in the Astika Parva of the Adi Parva.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  6. Be thou ready therefor.’” H2 anchor SECTION CXXIX “Lomasa said, ‘Here, O king!
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  7. See section A.1.1 for instructions on using the info program.
    — from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

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