Definition of Treatise

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Definition of Treatise
	Treatise A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Story; discourse. Related Definitions: Are, Composition, Discourse, Discussed, Explained, In, On, Or, Particular, Story, Subject, Tract, Which, Written

Treatise Quotations

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.
Maimonides

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
John Henry Newman

Our object in these remarks has been not only to account for the slow progress which has as yet been made by Political Economy, and to suggest means by which its advancement may be accelerated, but also to warn the reader of the nature of the following Treatise.
Nassau William Senior

We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.
Nassau William Senior

I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one.
Marcus V. Pollio

Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.
Lactantius

I took lots of photographs and had planned to write a treatise on how it worked, but I quickly got bored with that idea and wrote a scientific fairy tale instead.
Kit Williams

The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them.
Michael Scheuer

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
Quintilian

The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries.
Gary Becker

Treatise Translations

treatise in Dutch is verhandeling
treatise in German is Abhandlung {f}
treatise in Swedish is avhandling

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