Canon (basic principle)
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The concept of canon is very broad; in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authentic or approved rules or laws, particularly ecclesiastical; or group of official, authentic, or approved literary or artistic works, such as the literature of a particular author, of a particular genre, or a particular group of religious scriptural texts, or similarly, one or a body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a religion, or a field of study or art. This can be related to such topics as literary canons.
There is also the concept of the canons of rhetoric, including five key principles, which when grouped together, are the principles set for giving speeches.
See also
- Artistic canons of body proportions
- Axiom: a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a starting point for further reasoning and arguments.
- Canon (disambiguation)
- Canon law: a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority
- Western canon: the body of literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in Western culture
- Norm (philosophy): concepts (sentences) of practical import, oriented to effecting an action
- Principle: rule that has to be followed or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature
- Rule of inference: in logic, a logical form consisting of a function which takes premises, analyzes their syntax, and returns a conclusion (or conclusions)
- Rhetoric: the art of persuasion
- The five canons of rhetoric or phases of developing a persuasive speech were first codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.
