Dialogue
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A didactic or exploratory composition structured as conversation between interlocutors. It tests claims through question and response, staging inquiry and instruction within a dramatic frame.

Early Upanishads
Anonymous
300 BCE-200 CE
Indian, Hindu

Heart Sutra
Anonymous
400-700 CE
Indian, Buddhist

Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist

Vimalakīrti Sūtra
Anonymous
200-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist

On the Nature of the Gods
Cicero
45 BCE
Roman

Saturnalia
Macrobius
430 CE
Roman

Debate Between Sheep and Grain
Anonymous
2000-1500 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian