Meditation XVII
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Meditation XVII is a famous prose meditation by John Donne, best known for its reflections on human interconnectedness expressed in lines like “No man is an island” and “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
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| Meditation XVII canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21055057 — 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: Meditation XVII Context triple: [Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, notableSection, Meditation XVII]
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Meditation IV
Meditation IV is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he examines the nature of truth and error, laying groundwork for debates such as the Cartesian circle.
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Meditation III
Meditation III is a central section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops his main arguments for the existence of God and lays the groundwork for his theory of knowledge.
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Meditation V
Meditation V is a section of René Descartes’ "Meditations on First Philosophy" in which he develops arguments for the existence of a benevolent God and the reliability of clear and distinct perceptions.
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D.
Fourth Meditation
Fourth Meditation is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he examines the nature of human error and the relationship between the intellect and the will.
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Meditatio quinta
Meditatio quinta is the Latin title of René Descartes’ Fifth Meditation, in which he develops arguments for the existence of God and explores the nature of material things.
- 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: Meditation XVII Target entity description: Meditation XVII is a famous prose meditation by John Donne, best known for its reflections on human interconnectedness expressed in lines like “No man is an island” and “never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
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A.
Meditation IV
Meditation IV is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he examines the nature of truth and error, laying groundwork for debates such as the Cartesian circle.
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B.
Meditation III
Meditation III is a central section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops his main arguments for the existence of God and lays the groundwork for his theory of knowledge.
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C.
Meditation V
Meditation V is a section of René Descartes’ "Meditations on First Philosophy" in which he develops arguments for the existence of a benevolent God and the reliability of clear and distinct perceptions.
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D.
Fourth Meditation
Fourth Meditation is a section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he examines the nature of human error and the relationship between the intellect and the will.
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E.
Meditatio quinta
Meditatio quinta is the Latin title of René Descartes’ Fifth Meditation, in which he develops arguments for the existence of God and explores the nature of material things.
- F. None of above. chosen
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