Related Clues:

• Statement on which reasoning is based
• Statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
• Supposition
• Statement assumed to be true from which a conclusion can be drawn
• Buildings not quite finished off, it's assumed
• Underlying assumption
• Basis of theory how empires might reform
• Assumption that a place of business is unfinished
• Assumption that building had not been completed
• Destruction of empires, from which one may draw certain conclusions
• Foreign empires provide logical conclusion based on previous argument
• It's presumed establishment hasn't succeeded
• Logician's statement
• Endlessly negligent in workout -- that could start an argument
• Screenplay's starting point