Disquisition

Noun

 * 1) A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; a dissertation or treatise.
 * 2) * 1961: PHILIP, J. A. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato.  In:  Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92.  p. 455.
 * In this disquisition of the third book Plato is concerned with the moral effects of artistic representation on the youth of his state.
 * 1) *1759 — Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, page 187.
 * Upon this account political disquisitions, if just, and reasonable, and practicable, are of all the works of speculation the most useful.

Related terms

 * disquisitive
 * disquisitory

Translations

 * Bulgarian: изследване, дисертация,  трактат


 * Portuguese: ,

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