Physics (Aristotle)
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Physics (Aristotle) is a foundational work of ancient Greek philosophy in which Aristotle systematically investigates the principles of nature, change, motion, and the physical world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aristotle's Physics | 2 |
| Physics (Aristotle) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19394709 — 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: Physics (Aristotle) Context triple: [Book I (On Generation and Corruption), relatedWork, Physics (Aristotle)]
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Aristotelian physics
Aristotelian physics is the pre-modern natural philosophy based on Aristotle’s ideas about motion and the elements, which dominated Western thought until it was displaced by the new mechanics of the Scientific Revolution.
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Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics is an influential late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia analyzes and explains Aristotle’s treatise on nature, motion, and the principles of the physical world.
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Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics is a philosophical work by Ibn Bājja (Avempace) offering an influential medieval Islamic interpretation and analysis of Aristotle’s treatise on natural philosophy.
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Physics of the Stoics
Physics of the Stoics is a scholarly work by historian of science Shmuel Sambursky that analyzes and interprets the physical theories and natural philosophy of the ancient Stoic school.
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Epicurean physics
Epicurean physics is the ancient Greek natural philosophy developed by Epicurus that explains the world through the motion and interaction of indivisible atoms in a void, emphasizing chance and the absence of divine intervention.
- 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: Physics (Aristotle) Target entity description: Physics (Aristotle) is a foundational work of ancient Greek philosophy in which Aristotle systematically investigates the principles of nature, change, motion, and the physical world.
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A.
Aristotelian physics
Aristotelian physics is the pre-modern natural philosophy based on Aristotle’s ideas about motion and the elements, which dominated Western thought until it was displaced by the new mechanics of the Scientific Revolution.
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B.
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics is an influential late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia analyzes and explains Aristotle’s treatise on nature, motion, and the principles of the physical world.
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C.
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics is a philosophical work by Ibn Bājja (Avempace) offering an influential medieval Islamic interpretation and analysis of Aristotle’s treatise on natural philosophy.
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D.
Physics of the Stoics
Physics of the Stoics is a scholarly work by historian of science Shmuel Sambursky that analyzes and interprets the physical theories and natural philosophy of the ancient Stoic school.
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E.
Epicurean physics
Epicurean physics is the ancient Greek natural philosophy developed by Epicurus that explains the world through the motion and interaction of indivisible atoms in a void, emphasizing chance and the absence of divine intervention.
- F. None of above. chosen
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