Book I
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Book I is the opening section of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, laying foundational arguments about God, religion, and pagan error.
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 T3608500 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book I Context triple: [Divine Institutes, hasPart, Book I]
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Book I
Book I is a foundational section of the Power Architecture specification that defines core concepts and structures for the overall architectural framework.
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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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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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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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Book I
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.
- 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 opening section of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, laying foundational arguments about God, religion, and pagan error.
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Book I
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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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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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 Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, laying foundational concepts in number theory.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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theological work ⓘ |
| addressesAudience |
Roman intellectuals
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educated pagans ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
existence of one true God
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rational basis of Christian faith ⓘ unity of God ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Constantine I
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surface form:
Constantine the Great
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| author | Lactantius ⓘ |
| canonicalOrder | Book I of VI ⓘ |
| centuryWritten | 4th century ⓘ |
| criticizes |
idolatry
ⓘ
immorality of pagan myths ⓘ pagan superstition ⓘ |
| discusses |
concept of true wisdom
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divine revelation ⓘ human ignorance of God ⓘ relationship between philosophy and religion ⓘ |
| genre | Christian apologetics ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Christianization of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influenced | later Latin Christian theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Christian apologists ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
introduction to Christian doctrine
ⓘ
refutation of non-Christian religions ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
error of false gods
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vera religio (true religion) ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laysFoundationFor | subsequent books of Divine Institutes ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| opposes |
polytheistic cults
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traditional Roman religion ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Divine Institutes ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Late Antique philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Middle Platonism
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Stoicism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | first book ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
critique of pagan religion
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divine providence ⓘ error of polytheism ⓘ nature of God ⓘ true religion ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| workStructureRole | foundational arguments ⓘ |
| workTitle |
Divinae Institutiones
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surface form:
Liber Primus (Divinae Institutiones)
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| workType | apologetic treatise ⓘ |
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Subject: Book I Description of subject: Book I is the opening section of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, laying foundational arguments about God, religion, and pagan error.
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