Book II
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Book II is the second major section of Aristotle’s treatise "Rhetoric," focusing on the psychology of audiences and the emotional appeals used in persuasive speech.
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| Book II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4270519 — 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 II Context triple: [Rhetoric, dividedInto, Book II]
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Book II
Book II is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that develops key arguments about production, distribution, and the functioning of economic systems.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Francis Bacon’s philosophical work *The Advancement of Learning*, where he systematically analyzes and classifies the branches of human knowledge.
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Book II
Book II is a component or section of the Power Architecture specification that defines part of the architecture’s structure and behavior.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
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Book II
Book II 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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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book II Target entity description: Book II is the second major section of Aristotle’s treatise "Rhetoric," focusing on the psychology of audiences and the emotional appeals used in persuasive speech.
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Book II
Book II is the second part of Aristotle’s *Posterior Analytics*, focusing on the nature of scientific explanation, demonstration, and the structure of knowledge.
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Book II
Book II of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section in which he develops his influential account of moral virtue as a habit formed through practice and the doctrine of the mean between extremes.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
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Book II
Book II is the second section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s educational treatise *Emile, or On Education*, focusing on the development and upbringing of early childhood.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Francis Bacon’s philosophical work *The Advancement of Learning*, where he systematically analyzes and classifies the branches of human knowledge.
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Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| analyzes |
anger
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calmness ⓘ confidence ⓘ emotions ⓘ emulation ⓘ enmity ⓘ envy ⓘ fear ⓘ friendship ⓘ indignation ⓘ kindness ⓘ pity ⓘ shame ⓘ shamelessness ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| centralTheme | emotional and ethical dimensions of persuasion ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
audience disposition
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moral character of the speaker ⓘ practical techniques of persuasion ⓘ |
| contains | systematic taxonomy of emotions ⓘ |
| discipline |
philosophy of language
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philosophy of mind ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| explains |
how character contributes to persuasion
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how emotions affect judgment ⓘ how to allay emotions in an audience ⓘ how to arouse emotions in an audience ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
character of the speaker
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emotional appeals in persuasion ⓘ emotions of the audience ⓘ ethos ⓘ pathos ⓘ psychology of audiences ⓘ |
| follows | Book I (Aristotle's Rhetoric) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance rhetoric
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later rhetorical theory ⓘ medieval rhetorical education ⓘ modern theories of persuasion ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rhetoric (Aristotle)
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linked to:
Rhetoric
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| partOfSeries | three-book structure of Aristotle's Rhetoric ⓘ |
| positionInWork | second major section ⓘ |
| precedes | Book III (Aristotle's Rhetoric) ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
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Subject: Book II Description of subject: Book II is the second major section of Aristotle’s treatise "Rhetoric," focusing on the psychology of audiences and the emotional appeals used in persuasive speech.
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