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Discourse is a use of written or spoken communication.

Discourse or discourses may also refer to:

• Domain of discourse, the collection of objects being discussed in a specific discourse
• Discourse (linguistics), approaches to study written, vocal, or sign language use
• Conversation, interactive, spontaneous communication between two or more people

Literature

• Discourses (Meher Baba), a book by Indian religious teacher Meher Baba
• Discourses, a series of books by Greek historian of the Roman Empire Dio Chrysostom (c.40 – c.120)
• Fihi Ma Fihi or Discourses of Rumi, a book by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
• Discourses (1609–1683), a 1701 book by Benjamin Whichcote, leader of the Cambridge Platonists
• Discourse on the Arts and Sciences or First Discourse, an essay by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau written in 1750
• Discourse on Inequality or Second Discourse, a work by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau written in 1754
• Discourse on Metaphysics, a short treatise written by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1686
• Discourse on the Method a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637
• Discourses of Epictetus, a series of books by the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c.55 - c.135)
• Four discourses, four fundamental types of discourse identified by Jacques Lacan
• Discourses on Livy, a 1531 book by Niccolò Machiavelli

Other uses

• Discourse (software), an open-source discussion platform software system
• The Public Discourse, a magazine

See also

• Text (disambiguation)
• Discorsi (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Discourse
• All pages with titles containing Discourse

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