It is possible that what Dio says here is based upon Posidonius, as von Arnim thinks, and at any rate we may conclude that Dio composed this Discourse after his conversion to philosophy.
The 'sophistic' rhetoric he grants technical status has method enough to qualify it as such, "but not much of it, just as poetics does not either" (Rhet. 2b, PHerc. 1672 xxii.29 39 Longo): since there is one naturally beautiful kind of discourse, one should ignore the kind of discourse composed according to arbitrary themata (Rhet. 4, PHerc. 1007/1673 vii.6 14, p. I 151 Sudhaus).
History does not tell us whether Dio Chrysostom, who lived and wrote some 400 years after Aristotle, composed his "Eleventh Discourse" as a work for hire.
Making use of non-traditional writing techniques, the novel is composed of separate discourses with their own distinctive styles, and the demarcation between them is often blurred.
Public policy research has shown that policy domains and hence discourses are composed of several competing coalitions of actors [2],[2]-[2]].
Most mainstream political discourse today is composed of words that, separated from any creature of language, are inert.
In this theory, discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called the linguistic structure), a structure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state).
(Kitcher 1984, p. 350) The image of genetics that emerges from the anti-reductionist literature is of a two-tiered science composed of two discreet theoretical discourses, one grounded in principles about entities at the cytological level (such as chromosomes) and the other grounded in principles about entities at the molecular level (such as nucleotide sequences in DNA).
Several studies have shown that empirical discourses tend to be composed of distinct coalitions with few bridging ties or nodes [1],[1],[1]].
The Copland Centennial Celebration also presented two contemporary works: Randy Duncan's "Copland Motets" and a premiere, "Lyric Discourse," for which the choreographer, Tony Powell, composed a percussion score in homage to Copland and his influence.
Q method begins with a Q set or sample which is composed of statements, rather than participants, reflecting Q's focus with discourses and how discourses variously come together [ 44].
