 A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions

"A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions" is a work by the Renaissance humanist and scholar, Erasmus of Rotterdam, published in 1532. The text is structured as a dialogue and engages in discussions about rhetoric, specifically the organization and structuring of speech, known as "partitions." In this dialogue, Erasmus examines the classical methods of oratory and rhetoric, influenced by ancient texts, particularly those of Cicero.