The Quest for Being
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The Quest for Being is a philosophical work that explores the nature of existence and human self-understanding within the broader context of social and political life.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17964177 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quest for Being Context triple: [Reason, Social Myths, and Democracy, relatedWorkByAuthor, The Quest for Being]
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The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being is a theological and philosophical work that explores how contemporary science, especially evolution and quantum physics, reshapes Christian understandings of God, creation, and human personhood.
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Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.
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C.
On Being and Essence
On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
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Being (Sein)
Being (Sein) is the central, foundational notion in Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, denoting the fundamental way in which entities exist and are disclosed, especially through the historical transformations of its understanding.
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Le Mystère de l’être
Le Mystère de l’être is a major philosophical work by Gabriel Marcel that explores themes of existence, being, and human subjectivity within the tradition of Christian existentialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Quest for Being Target entity description: The Quest for Being is a philosophical work that explores the nature of existence and human self-understanding within the broader context of social and political life.
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A.
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being is a theological and philosophical work that explores how contemporary science, especially evolution and quantum physics, reshapes Christian understandings of God, creation, and human personhood.
-
B.
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence is a major philosophical work by Emmanuel Levinas that develops his ethics of responsibility to the Other as more fundamental than ontology.
-
C.
On Being and Essence
On Being and Essence is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically examines the metaphysical concepts of being and essence within the framework of scholastic Aristotelianism.
-
D.
Being (Sein)
Being (Sein) is the central, foundational notion in Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, denoting the fundamental way in which entities exist and are disclosed, especially through the historical transformations of its understanding.
-
E.
Le Mystère de l’être
Le Mystère de l’être is a major philosophical work by Gabriel Marcel that explores themes of existence, being, and human subjectivity within the tradition of Christian existentialism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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