isagoge

American  

[ahy-suh-goh-jee, ahy-suh-goh-jee] / ˈaɪ səˌgoʊ dʒi, ˌaɪ səˈgoʊ dʒi /

noun

1. an introduction, especially a scholarly introduction to a field of study or research.

2. isagogics.

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isagoge British  

/ ˌaɪsəˈɡəʊ-, ˈaɪsəˌɡəʊdʒɪ /

noun

1. an academic introduction to a specialized subject field or area of research

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Etymology

Origin of isagoge

1645–55; < Latin īsagōga < Greek eisagōgḗ, equivalent to eiság ( ein ) to introduce ( eis- into + ágein to lead) + -ōgē verbid noun suffix

Example Sentences

His chief works were a study of the Isagoge of Porphyry and a commentary on Plato’s Phaedrus.

From Project Gutenberg

I must refer the curious reader on this important subject to the work De figuris Persarum Talismanicis of Guffarel, to the Œdipus of Kircher, the book of Crollius De signaturis internis rerum, and Isagoge physico-magico-medica of Elzer.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Isagoge, or Introduction to the Categories, already mentioned as translated by Boetius about 500 a.d., he set forth plainly a problem which during the Middle Ages rent Western Europe asunder; a problem which, says John of Salisbury10, 29engaged more of the time and passions of men than for the house of Cæsar to conquer and govern the world; one indeed which even in our day and country is not wholly resolved.

From Project Gutenberg

It was to this cherished pupil, who always remained his friend and benefactress, that Viète dedicated his important work on mathematical analysis entitled In Artem Analyticam Isagoge.

From Project Gutenberg

To the Isagoge of Porphyry, the Categories and the Hermeneutica of Aristotle, the labours of these Syrian schoolmen were confined.

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