Hypothetica (by Philo)
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Hypothetica is a lost work by the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, known primarily from fragments that discuss groups such as the Essenes.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hypothetica (by Philo) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2391362 — 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: Hypothetica (by Philo) Context triple: [Essenes, mentionedInWork, Hypothetica (by Philo)]
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A.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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B.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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C.
Contra Celsum
Contra Celsum is a major apologetic work by the early Christian theologian Origen, written in the 3rd century as a detailed rebuttal of the pagan philosopher Celsus’s criticisms of Christianity.
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D.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
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E.
Hippolytus’ work "Contra Noetum"
Hippolytus’ work "Contra Noetum" is an early Christian theological treatise refuting the modalist teachings of Noetus of Smyrna and defending a distinct understanding of the persons of the Trinity.
- 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: Hypothetica (by Philo) Target entity description: Hypothetica is a lost work by the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, known primarily from fragments that discuss groups such as the Essenes.
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A.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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B.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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C.
Contra Celsum
Contra Celsum is a major apologetic work by the early Christian theologian Origen, written in the 3rd century as a detailed rebuttal of the pagan philosopher Celsus’s criticisms of Christianity.
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D.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
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E.
Hippolytus’ work "Contra Noetum"
Hippolytus’ work "Contra Noetum" is an early Christian theological treatise refuting the modalist teachings of Noetus of Smyrna and defending a distinct understanding of the persons of the Trinity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic Jewish text
ⓘ
ancient philosophical work ⓘ lost work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hellenistic Jews
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surface form:
Alexandrian Judaism
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| author | Philo of Alexandria ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | generally accepted as authentic work of Philo ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hellenistic world ⓘ |
| describedGroup | Essenes ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical
ⓘ
religious ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Judea ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| knownFrom | fragments ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mentionedCommunity | Essenes ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence | Middle Platonism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Hellenistic Jews
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surface form:
Hellenistic Judaism
|
| placeOfOrigin | Alexandria ⓘ |
| relatedField |
Jewish studies
ⓘ
Second Temple history ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationOfAuthor | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Jewish apologetic toward non-Jews ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterest |
study of Essenes
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study of Jewish sectarianism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Jewish groups in the Second Temple period
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Jewish law and customs ⓘ Jewish sects ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| transmissionForm | quotations in later authors ⓘ |
| workType |
apologetic treatise
ⓘ
historical-ethnographic description ⓘ |
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