foundational text

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concept

A foundational text is an authoritative written work that establishes core principles, ideas, or frameworks upon which later knowledge, practices, or traditions are built.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
introductory work 3
foundational legal text 2
core teaching text 1

Instances (16)

Instance Via concept surface
Rule of Saint Francis
Agile Manifesto foundational document in agile software development
Futurist Manifesto founding text
Humanist Manifesto I foundational text of secular humanism
Evolutionary psychology: A primer
surface form: Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer
introductory work
Constitutions and Statutes of the Marist Brothers
"Partial Differential Equations"
surface form: Partial Differential Equations
"Algebraic Topology"
surface form: Algebraic Topology
foundational text in topology
Anderson’s Constitutions of 1723 foundational Masonic text
Declaration and Address
The Bible: A Very Short Introduction introductory work
Einführung in das griechische Neue Testament introductory work
Mukhtaṣar Khalīl (as a core teaching text)
surface form: Mukhtaṣar Khalīl
core teaching text
Lattice Theory
Preamble of the 1946 Constitution of France foundational legal text
Charter of the Social Contract foundational legal text