Book V
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Book V is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," in which he develops key arguments about divine providence, history, and the nature of earthly and heavenly kingdoms.
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| Book V canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Book V Context triple: [The City of God, hasPart, Book V]
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Book V
Book V is one of the later sections of Washington Irving’s satirical work *A History of New York*, continuing its mock-historical narrative of the early Dutch settlement of the city.
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Book V
Book V is a section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," contributing to his formulation of the heliocentric model.
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Book V
Book V is a section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal number theory work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on advanced properties and structures within arithmetic.
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Book V
Book V is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s educational treatise "Emile, or On Education," focusing on the moral and social formation of the ideal woman through the character Sophie.
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Book V
Book V is a section of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its broader moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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Target entity: Book V Target entity description: Book V is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," in which he develops key arguments about divine providence, history, and the nature of earthly and heavenly kingdoms.
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Book V
Book V is one of the volumes of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, continuing his systematic defense and explanation of Christian doctrine.
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Book V
Book V is a section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium," contributing to his formulation of the heliocentric model.
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Book V
Book V is a section of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its broader moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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Book V
Book V is a section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal number theory work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on advanced properties and structures within arithmetic.
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Book V
Book V is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that focuses on the role and functions of government within an economic system.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of theological work ⓘ |
| addressesAudience |
Christians troubled by political upheaval
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Roman intellectuals ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
astrological determinism
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attributing Roman greatness to pagan gods ⓘ pagan belief in fate ⓘ |
| author | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| discusses |
Christian rulers and political authority
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Roman Empire ⓘ moral responsibility under divine providence ⓘ relationship between virtue and political success ⓘ rise and fall of earthly powers ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian philosophy
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apologetics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Christian doctrines of providence
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later philosophy of history ⓘ medieval political thought ⓘ |
| historicalSettingDiscussed | Roman imperial history ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New Testament theology
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surface form:
Biblical theology
Greco-Roman philosophy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
compatibility of divine foreknowledge and free will
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contingency of historical events ⓘ providence versus fate ⓘ two cities: earthly and heavenly ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian view of political power
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God’s governance of temporal events ⓘ critique of pagan fate ⓘ divine providence ⓘ earthly and heavenly kingdoms ⓘ history and providence ⓘ |
| partOf | The City of God ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | late antique Christian response to pagan criticism ⓘ |
| philosophicalIssue |
determinism versus freedom
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problem of evil in history ⓘ |
| positionInWork | early book in The City of God ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Christian Platonism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setsUp | later contrast between City of God and earthly city in the work ⓘ |
| supportsView |
God governs all events by providence
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earthly kingdoms are transient ⓘ human free will is compatible with divine providence ⓘ true happiness is found only in the heavenly city ⓘ |
| workContext | written after the sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ |
| workType | prose ⓘ |
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Subject: Book V Description of subject: Book V is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," in which he develops key arguments about divine providence, history, and the nature of earthly and heavenly kingdoms.
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