10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRETERITION»
Discover the use of
preterition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
preterition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Reader's Figure: Epideictic Rhetoric in Plato, ...
Preterition plays a key role in Racine's construction of the figure of the silent
speaker, the speaker who effaces his own production of discourse. Continuing
the method of the preceding chapters, we will trace the function of the silent
speaker ...
2
The Works of James Arminius ...
The decree of predestination and preterition is peremptory, and that, which is
prepared for or denied to any one, according to that decree, he will finally enjoy,
or want. But you treat of temporary denial, " until he should fulfil his appointed ...
3
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 3
predestination and preterition. Indeed what you call a denial, can not be so called
except in catachrestic sense. For how shall he be said to deny happiness to any
one, who has promised it on a certain condition? You concede, however, that ...
4
The Works of James Arminius, D. D., Formerly Professor of ...
The decree of predestination and preterition is peremptory, and that, which is
prepared for or denied to any one, according to that decree, he will finally enjoy,
or want. But you treat of temporary denial, “ until he should fulfill his appointed ...
5
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
PRETERITION. n. s. [preterition, Fr. from preterit.] The act of going past ; the state
of being past. (1.) Preterition, or pretermission, in rhetoric, a figure whereby, in
pretending to pass over a thing untouched, we make a summary mention thereof.
6
Silence in the Land of Logos
THE SILENT PRAISE OF ONESELF This sustained tension between the dignity
of silence and the imperative of speech can shed light on the meaning of
preterition for Athenian orators. Within a kind of discourse that is insistently asked
to ...
7
Ethical Diversions: The Post-Holocaust Narratives of Pynchon ...
At this point it must be clear that I agree with TonyTanner's conviction that the
idea of preterition is “very important in the book,” although in my view—-—at least
in a structural, narrative sense—it is not “central to Pynchon's vision” (emphasis ...
8
Ethical Diversions: The Post-Holocaust Narratives of ...
At this point it must be clear that I agree with Tony Tanner's conviction that the
idea of preterition is "very important in the book," although in my view — at least
in a structural, narrative sense — it is not "central to Pynchon's vision" (emphasis
...
9
Property, ownership, and its modifications
Sanchez Roman emphasizes the distinction by stating that disinheritance 'es
siempre voluntaria; preterition, upon the other hand, is presumed to be '
involuntaria.' Express as disinheritance should be, the same must be supported
by a legal ...
10
The Five Points of Calvinism: A Study Guide
Other theologians prefer to restrict reprobation only to preterition. This parallels
election more closely. But it makes no difference at all—whether or not
condemnation is included—as long as what is meant by the term reprobation is
clear.
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRETERITION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
preterition is used in the context of the following news items.
Heirs excluded in wills can run to court
However, if a compulsory heir is absolutely excluded from the division of the estate, there may be preterition. Preterition refers to the omission in ... «The Manila Times, Apr 15»
Johann Hari is Sliming His Way Back into Public Life, but is He Sorry …
What Hari is trying to do, you see, is suggest–using the time-honoured slimeball's method of preterition–that he's the real victim in all this. «Breitbart News, Jan 15»
Book Review: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Both his preterition and election save him from the worst of the war. The same goes for the novel. It is a Bible of countercultural intellectualism, ... «Seattle Post Intelligencer, Dec 12»
'The Victims' Revolution,' by Bruce Bawer
... and preterition and alimentative into sentences, much in the manner of a malicious child shoving a stick into the spokes of a moving bicycle. «New York Times, Aug 12»
Sola Fide: The Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone in the 39 Articles
... culminating in the doctrine of predestination of the saints in election and the passing over or preterition of the reprobate. Futhermore, the Thirty-nine Articles of ... «Virtue Online, Jun 09»
The Oddest English Spellings, Part 12 Or, One, Two, Buckle Your …
(Let me again remind our readers that the rhetorical figure I so much enjoy using is called preterition, as in: “If I were as mean as my opponent, ... «OUPblog, Jan 09»
