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Canon (basic principle)
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p>This principle of grouping has led to more specific uses of the word in different contexts, such as the <a href="/facts/Biblical_canon/tLsQ13cR">Biblical canon</a> (which a particular religious community regards as authoritative) and thence to literary canons (of a particular "body of literature in a particular language, or from a particular culture, period, genre").<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>W.C Sayers (1915–1916) established a system of canons of <a href="/facts/Library_classification/7saMUXAH">library classification</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/S._R._Ranganathan/IUhaaHmL">S. R. Ranganathan</a> developed a theory of <a href="/facts/Facet_analysis/4jNTPVMC">facet analysis</a>, which he presented as a detailed series of 46 canons, 13 postulates and 22 principles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>There is also the concept of the canons of <a href="/facts/Rhetoric/mB9np26l">rhetoric</a>, including five key principles that, when grouped together, are the principles set for giving speeches.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Look up <i>canon</i> or <i>canonical</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <ul><li><a href="/facts/Artistic_canons_of_body_proportions/G2lYNpz8">Artistic canons of body proportions</a> – Criteria used in formal figurative art <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lysippos/kx2rtcDz">Canon of Lysippos</a> – 4th-century BC Greek sculptor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Polykleitos/mvak26bk">Canon of Polykleitos</a> – Fifth century BCE Greek sculptor</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Axiom/mLjP14Mc">Axiom</a>: a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a starting point for further reasoning and arguments.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Canon_(fiction)/JfLzB5n9">Canon (fiction)</a> – Concept of continuity between different fictional works</li> <li><a href="/facts/Canon_law/hW0Qt10A">Canon law</a> – Set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority</li> <li><a href="/facts/Canonical/Np3Yr7rP">Canonical</a> – Standard or referential form</li> <li><a href="/facts/Der_Kanon/4Iqq8Vcf"><i>Der Kanon</i></a> – Canon of exemplary German literature, chosen by Marcel Reich-Ranicki</li> <li><a href="/facts/Norm_(philosophy)/3k0uMUx7">Norm (philosophy)</a>: concepts (sentences) of practical import, oriented to effecting an action</li> <li><a href="/facts/Principle/qcshmdg3">Principle</a>: rule that has to be followed or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rule_of_inference/QV5NklQ9">Rule of inference</a>: in logic, a logical form consisting of a function which takes premises, analyzes their syntax, and returns a conclusion (or conclusions)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rhetoric/mB9np26l">Rhetoric</a>: the art of persuasion. The five canons of rhetoric or phases of developing a persuasive speech were first codified in classical Rome: <a href="/facts/Inventio/lGNoUR4F">invention</a>, <a href="/facts/Dispositio/J3TItf0a">arrangement</a>, <a href="/facts/Elocutio/7bMefyso">style</a>, <a href="/facts/Memoria/M5MW7u4T">memory</a>, and <a href="/facts/Pronuntiatio/nCxUKxWY">delivery</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Western_canon/2skJ4h7f">Western canon</a>: the body of literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in Western culture</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Canon. Oxford English Dictionary. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Canon". Collins English Dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers. 2019. <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/canon" target="_blank">https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/canon</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Canon". Dictionary.reference.com. Dictionary.com, LL. 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2015. <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/canon" target="_blank">http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/canon</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Canon. Oxford English Dictionary. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Sayers, W.C. (1915–1916). Canons of classification applied to "The subject", "The expansive", "The decimal" and "The Library of Congress" classifications: A study in bibliographical classification method. Lindon: Grafton. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Spiteri, Louise (1998). "Prolegomena to library classification: A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis: Ranganathan 101". Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. 23 (1–2): 1–30. <a href="http://archive.iainstitute.org/en/learn/research/a_simplified_model_for_facet_analysis.php" target="_blank">http://archive.iainstitute.org/en/learn/research/a_simplified_model_for_facet_analysis.php</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Toye, Richard (2013). Rhetoric A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-965136-8. <a href="978-0-19-965136-8" target="_blank">978-0-19-965136-8</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>