Crossword clues for prolegomenon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prolegomenon \Prol`e*gom"e*non\, n.; pl. Prolegomena. [ NL.,
fr. Gr. ?, properly neut. pass. p. pr. of ? to say
beforehand; ? before + ? to say.]
A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory
discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.
--D. Stokes (1659).
Sir W. Scott.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "learned preamble to a book," from Greek prolegomenon, noun use of neuter passive present participle of prolegein "to say beforehand," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + legein "to speak" (see lecture (n.)) + suffix -menos (as in alumnus). The same sense is in preface (n.). Related: Prolegomenary; prolegomenous.
Wiktionary
n. (context usually in the plural English) A prefatory discussion; a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work.
Usage examples of "prolegomenon".
From the analogy of the Armenian, Persian, Aethiopic versions, expressly quoted by the fathers of the fifth century, who assert that the Scriptures were translated into all the Barbaric languages, (Walton, Prolegomena ad Biblia Polyglot, p.
It can no longer be found in the second and later editions, which, as well as the Prolegomena, keep the idealistic tendency more in the background, because Kant saw that this side of his philosophy had lent itself most to attacks and misunderstandings.
This seemed to him to endanger that invaluable and indispensable originality which every founder of a system values so highly (see Prolegomena zu jeder künftigen Metaphysik.
After more ages the stories simply skipped the prolegomena and opened with the ship blasting out of space and the captain jumping out of his ship, sniffing the air and finding it even better than Earth's, and claiming it in the name of - well, it used to be the British Empire, but that changed too.
But the real prolegomenon to any future metaphysics is, not that the endeavor is altogether dead, but that the real metaphysics can now, finally, get under way: actual contemplative development (grounded in genuine spiritual experience) is the future of metaphysics.