A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions
PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATION WRITTEN DOWN
De Partitionibus Oratoriae
A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions (also called De Partitione Oratoria Dialogus, Partitiones Oratoriae, or De Partitionbus Oratoriae, translated to be "On the subdivisions of oratory") is a rhetorical treatise, written by Cicero. According to the method of the Middle Academy, the treatise is sometimes described as a "catechism of rhetoric," for it is presented in the form of questions and answers.