Starting An Article

Graham Ward says: "The system is a self-contained whole within which everything is made meaningful." And this is one of the problems which presents itself to an author. You don't have a foundation from which to begin -- you have a self-contained system, posited. So in a sense you can start anywhere, yet nowhere. OBSERVATION: Many authors choose then to begin with an authoritative statement. Many choose to begin with a general statement. Here, as an example, are Francis Schaeffer's opening words in his most famous book: "The present chasm between the generations ..." And who will forget Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..."