Robert Grosseteste's De luce
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Robert Grosseteste's *De luce* is a 13th-century philosophical and scientific treatise that uses the nature of light to explain cosmology, creation, and the structure of the universe within a scholastic framework.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Grosseteste's De luce Context triple: [European scholastic optics, associatedWork, Robert Grosseteste's De luce]
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Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's *De docta ignorantia* is a foundational 15th-century philosophical and theological treatise that articulates the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing the limits of human knowledge, deeply influencing Renaissance Platonism.
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Anselm's Proslogion
Anselm's Proslogion is a 11th-century philosophical and theological work by Anselm of Canterbury that famously presents the original formulation of the ontological argument for the existence of God.
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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir is a seminal medieval treatise on optics that critically revises and expands Ibn al-Haytham’s work, offering influential explanations of vision, refraction, and phenomena such as the rainbow.
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Peter Lombard’s Sentences
Peter Lombard’s Sentences is a 12th-century theological textbook that systematically compiles and organizes patristic and medieval Christian doctrine, becoming the standard foundation for scholastic theology and commentary in the later Middle Ages.
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Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard is a major theological work by Bonaventure in which he systematically expounds and develops medieval Christian doctrine through his lectures on Peter Lombard’s foundational textbook, the Sentences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Grosseteste's De luce Target entity description: Robert Grosseteste's *De luce* is a 13th-century philosophical and scientific treatise that uses the nature of light to explain cosmology, creation, and the structure of the universe within a scholastic framework.
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A.
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's *De docta ignorantia* is a foundational 15th-century philosophical and theological treatise that articulates the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing the limits of human knowledge, deeply influencing Renaissance Platonism.
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B.
Anselm's Proslogion
Anselm's Proslogion is a 11th-century philosophical and theological work by Anselm of Canterbury that famously presents the original formulation of the ontological argument for the existence of God.
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C.
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi's Tanqih al-Manazir is a seminal medieval treatise on optics that critically revises and expands Ibn al-Haytham’s work, offering influential explanations of vision, refraction, and phenomena such as the rainbow.
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D.
Peter Lombard’s Sentences
Peter Lombard’s Sentences is a 12th-century theological textbook that systematically compiles and organizes patristic and medieval Christian doctrine, becoming the standard foundation for scholastic theology and commentary in the later Middle Ages.
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E.
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard is a major theological work by Bonaventure in which he systematically expounds and develops medieval Christian doctrine through his lectures on Peter Lombard’s foundational textbook, the Sentences.
- F. None of above. chosen
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