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"Method of this work: literary montage. I have nothing to say only to show" [...] -- Walter Benjamin

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Method may refer to:

  • Art methodology
  • Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge
  • Literary method, (also known as literary device) is any standardized method an author uses to convey his or her message
  • Methodology, comparison or study and critique of individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry
  • Method acting, a style of acting in which the actor attempts to replicate the conditions under which the character operates
  • Discourse on Method, a philosophical and mathematical treatise by René Descartes
  • Philosophical methodology

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos, “pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, system”), from μετά (metá, “after”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, motion, journey”).

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