Book I
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Book I is the first section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, in which he lays out the foundational principles of natural law and just war theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2196042 — 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: Book I Context triple: [De iure belli ac pacis, hasPart, Book I]
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, introducing the mock-historical tone and humorous narrative that characterize the rest of the book.
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B.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he challenges the doctrine of innate ideas and lays the groundwork for his empiricist theory of knowledge.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," where he lays out the foundational principles of his heliocentric model of the cosmos.
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D.
Book I
Book I is the first section of Isaac Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, laying out the mathematical foundations of classical mechanics and the laws of motion.
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E.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, laying foundational concepts in number theory.
- 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: Book I Target entity description: Book I is the first section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, in which he lays out the foundational principles of natural law and just war theory.
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A.
Book I
Book I is the first section of Isaac Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, laying out the mathematical foundations of classical mechanics and the laws of motion.
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B.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he lays the philosophical groundwork for his theory of legitimate political authority and the social pact.
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C.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, laying foundational concepts in number theory.
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D.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he challenges the doctrine of innate ideas and lays the groundwork for his empiricist theory of knowledge.
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E.
Book I
Book I is the opening section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," where he lays out the foundational principles of his heliocentric model of the cosmos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book section ⓘ |
| addresses |
the binding force of natural law
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the existence and nature of natural law ⓘ the legitimacy of war in principle ⓘ the relationship between divine law and natural law ⓘ the role of consent in human law ⓘ the sources of law ⓘ |
| argues | that natural law would exist even if God did not exist or did not care for human affairs (etsi Deus non daretur thought experiment) ⓘ |
| author | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| contains |
criteria for the lawfulness of war in general terms
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discussion of promises and pacts in outline ⓘ discussion of property and ownership in outline ⓘ discussion of the foundations of rights ⓘ prolegomena to the whole work’s legal theory ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
distinction between natural law and civil law
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distinction between natural law and voluntary law of nations ⓘ idea that natural law is immutable ⓘ idea that natural law is knowable by human reason ⓘ law of nature as a dictate of right reason ⓘ |
| genre |
legal philosophy
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Christian Wolff
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Emer de Vattel ⓘ Samuel Pufendorf ⓘ later just war theorists ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Thirty Years’ War era ⓘ |
| influencedField |
classical just war doctrine
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development of international law ⓘ early modern natural law theory ⓘ |
| laysOut |
basic framework of just war theory
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foundational principles of natural law ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | De iure belli ac pacis ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
moderate realism about moral norms
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rationalist natural law ⓘ |
| positionInWork | first book ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1625 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De iure belli ac pacis
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surface form:
Book II (De iure belli ac pacis)
De iure belli ac pacis ⓘ
surface form:
Book III (De iure belli ac pacis)
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| setsFrameworkFor |
detailed rules of war in Book III
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treatment of contracts, property, and punishment in Book II ⓘ |
| subject |
international law theory
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just war theory ⓘ natural law ⓘ |
| workTitle |
De iure belli ac pacis
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surface form:
De iure belli ac pacis libri tres, Liber Primus
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