Treatise

This article is about the literary form. For other uses, see Treatise (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Treaty.
Title page of Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687)

A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject and its conclusions.[1] A monograph is a treatise on a specialized topic.[2]

  1. ^ "Treatise." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Accessed September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Monograph." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Accessed September 12, 2020.