treatise
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In 1556 a Venetian author named Girolamo Garimberto published a treatise on the proper behavior of soldiers that condemned small handguns as more suitable to a “street assassin” than an honest soldier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The book jacket features a prominent blurb from Johnson calling the doctor’s treatise: “A gripping tale of corruption and courage that will open eyes and prompt serious questions.”
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
Johann Fischer's 1852 treatise on lizard neuroanatomy included part of the coil but omitted the remainder, and Fischer never described the curled structure.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
Evans told reporters he would not describe the notebook found in the car as a "manifesto" as it was not "a treatise on all kinds of ideology and writings".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
As John Aubrey put it more than a century later, Recorde ‘was the first that wrote a good arithmetical treatise in English’ and ‘the first that ever wrote of astronomie in the English tongue’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Researchers worked with Le Chat, a generative AI tool developed by the French start‑up Mistral, training it on Moliere's body of work, as well as dialogues and philosophical treatises.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
The older cases and treatises turned not simply on place of birth, but on protection, allegiance and the sovereign’s acceptance of the parents’ presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Some scientists want stricter enforcement of existing space treatises or more regulation of space debris.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Rather than mentioning those supposed practical considerations, treatises from the early Christian centuries draw from biblical inferences, contemporary understanding of time and calendrical math to argue for its case.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Apart from the treatises on farming and the cultivation of various crops, there were rows and rows of histories.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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