A critical or discursive introduction to a text.
I got Dame Edna's Bedside Companion book and it has a "Prolegomena by Beverley Nichols" instead of a Preface. Mr. Nichols is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Sorry I missed him, at least we still have Dame Edna.
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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Re: prolegomena
In theology the word immediately calls to mind Karl Barth's "Prolegomena to Church Dogmatics." That prolegomena covers four volumes, divided into 12 sections of 5-700 pp apiece! Most theologs would call the work a systematic theology. Heaven forfend his get past the intro and finish the whole thing!
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Re: prolegomena
Any thoughts on why it's used in the plural?
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Re: prolegomena
Immanuel Kant wrote a "Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics", if the prolegomena has more then one subject it examine there is no reason it shouldn't be plural.
EBERNTSON
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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