De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium
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De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium is a 16th-century work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa that offers a skeptical critique of the value and reliability of contemporary sciences and arts.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium Context triple: [Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, notableWork, De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium]
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A.
De Homine
De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
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B.
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century work of Islamic philosophy and theology by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of earlier Muslim philosophers and helped reshape the course of Islamic thought.
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C.
Treatise on Nature and Grace
Treatise on Nature and Grace is a philosophical and theological work by Nicolas Malebranche that explores the relationship between divine providence, grace, and the natural order.
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Introductio ad philosophiam aulicam
Introductio ad philosophiam aulicam is an early modern philosophical work by Christian Thomasius that outlines principles of courtly conduct and practical philosophy for life at court.
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E.
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's *De docta ignorantia* is a foundational 15th-century philosophical and theological treatise that articulates the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing the limits of human knowledge, deeply influencing Renaissance Platonism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium Target entity description: De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium is a 16th-century work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa that offers a skeptical critique of the value and reliability of contemporary sciences and arts.
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A.
De Homine
De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
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B.
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century work of Islamic philosophy and theology by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of earlier Muslim philosophers and helped reshape the course of Islamic thought.
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C.
Treatise on Nature and Grace
Treatise on Nature and Grace is a philosophical and theological work by Nicolas Malebranche that explores the relationship between divine providence, grace, and the natural order.
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D.
Introductio ad philosophiam aulicam
Introductio ad philosophiam aulicam is an early modern philosophical work by Christian Thomasius that outlines principles of courtly conduct and practical philosophy for life at court.
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E.
Nicholas of Cusa's De docta ignorantia
Nicholas of Cusa's *De docta ignorantia* is a foundational 15th-century philosophical and theological treatise that articulates the idea that true wisdom arises from recognizing the limits of human knowledge, deeply influencing Renaissance Platonism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance treatise
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book ⓘ |
| addresses |
the instability of worldly fame
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the moral dangers of curiosity ⓘ the reliability of human knowledge ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose the limitations of human learning
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warn against the vanity of secular knowledge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian humanism
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occult philosopher Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa ⓘ |
| author | Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | humanist optimism about learning ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| criticizes |
astrology
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contemporary arts ⓘ contemporary sciences ⓘ law ⓘ magic ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ scholastic learning ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
polemical work
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skeptical literature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum
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On the Uncertainty and Vanity of the Sciences and Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
emphasis on the limits of human reason
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moral critique of intellectual pride ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Reformation era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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classical skepticism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | learned readers ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of the arts
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critique of the sciences ⓘ skepticism about human knowledge ⓘ vanity of worldly learning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| period | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent | Renaissance skepticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
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