Treatise

13 works

13 works of Treatise in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Treatise, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 33Poetics~335 BCAristotleHard·Quick·42 pagesInfluence91Popularity40Ancient GreeceTreatiseAncient Greek
  2. 37The Nicomachean Ethics~330 BCAristotleHard·Long·358 pagesInfluence92Popularity41Ancient GreeceTreatiseAncient Greek
  3. 47The Origin of Species1859Charles DarwinHard·Epic·602 pagesInfluence84Popularity55VictorianTreatiseEnglish
  4. 52Letters from a Stoic~64SenecaEasy·Long·254 pagesInfluence39Popularity43Ancient RomeTreatiseLatin
  5. 53The Prince1513Niccolò MachiavelliEasy·Medium·124 pagesInfluence86Popularity78RenaissanceTreatiseItalian
  6. 66Leviathan1651Thomas HobbesHard·Epic·736 pagesInfluence82Popularity38EnlightenmentTreatiseEnglish
  7. 102Meditations on First Philosophy1641René DescartesHard·Short·88 pagesInfluence82Popularity37EnlightenmentTreatiseLatin
  8. 104An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding1748David HumeHard·Medium·200 pagesInfluence70Popularity37EnlightenmentTreatiseEnglish
  9. 115The Art of War~500 BCSun TzuBreezy·Quick·40 pagesInfluence32Popularity90Ancient WorldTreatiseClassical Chinese
  10. 141The Interpretation of Dreams1900Sigmund FreudHard·Epic·680 pagesInfluence81Popularity55TreatiseGerman
  11. 170The Book of Five Rings1645Miyamoto MusashiBreezy·Medium·120 pagesInfluence1Popularity32TreatiseJapanese
  12. 176The Communist Manifesto1848Karl MarxEasy·Short·48 pagesInfluence84Popularity82TreatiseGerman
  13. 178Ethics1677Baruch SpinozaHard·Long·260 pagesInfluence70Popularity36EnlightenmentTreatiseLatin