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What is a discursus?

What is a discursus? Here are some definitions.

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A discursus on utopia follows, beginning with Georg Lukacs and Ernst Bloch on expressionism and proceeding to Marcuse.
The book opens with a survey of the subject in pre-classical and classical law, follows with the pre-literary period, and ends with a discursus on the pre-Islamic period.
This discussion also includes a fascinating discursus on Raphael's tomb, planned by the artist himself, and its subsequent history.
He offers a stimulating discursus on Apuleius' use of 'lepidus' and 'festivus' and their function in the repertoire of canonical classical authors.

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