Associations to the word «Prolegomenon»

Wiktionary

PROLEGOMENON, noun. (usually in the plural) A prefatory discussion; a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work.

Dictionary definition

PROLEGOMENON, noun. A preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King