Treatise

After researching the term Treatise, I can define it as a formal and systematic written examination of a certain subject that is written to expose the principles of that subject. Plotinus’s student, Porphyry, edited Plotinus’s writings into 54 different Treatises, which were then separated into groups of 9 Enneads. Most information on Plotinus comes from Porphyry's preface to his edition of Plotinus'…

Specifically, in the United States, John Locke greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence. John Locke’s writing, “Second Treatise of Government,” showed his beliefs that the government should protect their people’s rights and that if the people are not given this protection or rights they can over throw the government. This writing truly shaped the United States today because…

violation of property, reputation, and honour, as well as an assault committed against an individual. In Sir Matthew Hale’s treatise, Historia Placitorum Coronae, the seventeenth century jurist asserts that rape requires “carnal knowledge against her will,” as well as penetration without consent, and under statute law rape is considered a felony, punishable by death. Hale's treatise provides a contemporary definition of rape in the seventeenth century, and this helps to illuminate what…

In the later years of Martin Luther, he saw converting the Jews as a lost cause and began preaching and spewing words of hate towards them. Among other things he called them children of the devil. Some of Luther’s reasons for writing this treatise were simply that he had had more time to become “acquainted” with the Jews and form his own personal opinions that weren’t necessarily rooted in scripture and educational text. This is evident when he says, “But since I learned that those miserable…

Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication on the Rights of Women” is considered to be a one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. Published in 1792, Wollstonecraft wrote the treatise in response to claims by educational and political theorists that argued educating women beyond a domestic life education, was unnecessary. Overall, “A Vindication on the Rights of Women” is Wollstonecraft’s response to the societal oppression faced by women in the eighteenth-century. Particularly, Wollstonecraft…

leaders infamous “…for their ability to maintain their power by doing whatever necessary” (Pennington). Because of Machiavelli’s calculating ideas about maintaining power and those who have emulated them, many critics have dismissed Machiavelli’s treatise The Prince as one that supports ruthless dictatorship, autocracy, and…

The immoral acquisition and abuse of authority is facilitated by the presumption of inherent human morality within political systems. This is the dominant intertextual perspective between William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, examined through the values of stability and morality within politics. Texts, as manifestations of values and attitudes, are incontrovertibly influenced by their distinct contexts. As such, though an intertextual perspective may exist…

A few tablets also contained a treatise, referred to as “The Treatise of Medical Diagnosis and Pronoses”. This treatise outlines several centuries of Mesopotamian medical knowledge, including treatments for disorders and herbal remedies. These tablets proved that the Mesopotamians were becoming extremely knowledgeable about…

Vindication was described as “an elaborate treatise of female education” and a work of philosophy. William Enfield wrote in the Monthly Review that Vindication was evidence that “women are no less capable of instructing than of pleasing” (Taylor 27). According to Barbara Taylor, the radical press…

As a preliminary rationalization of this review, it must be made explicit that this is also a critique. I could have effortlessly given this book a five star rating, and it would have been deserved. However, there is much research that is necessary, at least in my estimation, to attempting to read and comprehend the arguments made throughout the text. Conceivably, this introductory explanation will substantiate what follows the review / critique. Prior to beginning the reading of Anarchy,…