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prolegomenon

NOUN
  1. a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise

How To Use prolegomenon In A Sentence

  • We have been attending to ‘exists’ and ‘is’ not for their own sake but purely as a prolegomenon to an ontological question, namely, that of existence.
  • These progressives, in the very act of founding their organization, ratified the keystone of conservative reasoning and thus let people think that here was a kind of axiom, an inviolable norm, a kind of prolegomenon for any political reasoning, present or future. Road Trip: Part II
  • This can be seen as a prolegomenon to making wise women's theories influential.
  • That same year, 1981, he published ‘Europa,’ a prolegomenon to Omeros and later work.
  • Therefore have I chosen, in this prolegomenon, to unload my burden of thanks at thy feet, for the favour with which thou last kindly entertained the The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • In a philosophical prolegomenon, Schmidt examines twin interpretive narratives that, he argues, have obscured the study of modern hearing.
  • I make that lengthy prolegomenon in order to ensure that my point is not misunderstood.
  • Reading and editing the two new stories, writing the "prolegomenon," laying out the issue, etc. "There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea for me, for you..."
  • Close reading of classical texts, he believes, ‘is a necessary prolegomenon both to understanding the traditions of Christian culture and to the articulation of constructive theological statements’.
  • Yesterday, I wrote what I think is the longest "prolegomenon" I've ever written for Sirenia Digest, at 1,140 words. "My sins my own. They belong to me, me."
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