treatise
thumb|Title page of Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687)
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9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Historically significant treatises
- Table
- Discussion
- Euclid's ''Elements''
- Maxwell's ''Treatise''
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Title page of Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687)
A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subjects concerned with investigating or exposing the main principles of the subject and its conclusions. A monograph is a treatise on a specialized topic.