On the Soul
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On the Soul is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored the nature and functions of the soul within early Platonic thought.
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| On the Soul canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Soul Context triple: [Speusippus, notableWork, On the Soul]
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A.
On the Soul
On the Soul is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature, faculties, and functions of the soul as the principle of life in living beings.
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On the Soul and the Resurrection
On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
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The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy is a 6th-century philosophical dialogue by Boethius that explores fate, free will, and the nature of happiness through a conversation between the author and Lady Philosophy.
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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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Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
- 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: On the Soul Target entity description: On the Soul is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored the nature and functions of the soul within early Platonic thought.
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A.
On the Soul
On the Soul is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature, faculties, and functions of the soul as the principle of life in living beings.
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B.
On the Soul and the Resurrection
On the Soul and the Resurrection is a theological-philosophical dialogue by Gregory of Nyssa that explores the nature of the soul, death, and the afterlife in a Christian Platonic framework.
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C.
The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy is a 6th-century philosophical dialogue by Boethius that explores fate, free will, and the nature of happiness through a conversation between the author and Lady Philosophy.
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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.
Meditations on First Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy is René Descartes’ foundational philosophical treatise in which he employs radical doubt to establish certain knowledge and famously argues for the distinction between mind and body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Academy of Plato
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linked to:
Academy (Platonic school)
Plato ⓘ |
| author | Speusippus ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus | works of Speusippus ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| extantForm |
fragments
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testimonia ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
4th century BCE Greek philosophy
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early Platonic thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Platonic dialogues
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Pythagorean ideas ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
doxographical sources
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later ancient reports ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
functions of the soul
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nature of the soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | post-Platonic development of the theory of soul ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics
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philosophy of mind ⓘ psychology in ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Old Academy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism ⓘ |
| reception | known indirectly in later ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| region | Athens ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Pythagorean Numbers (Speusippus)
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linked to:
On Pythagorean Numbers
On the Gods (Speusippus) ⓘ
linked to:
On the Gods
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| scholarlyField |
classical philology
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history of ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Platonic psychology
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ancient theories of the soul ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | On the Soul ⓘ |
| workStatus | lost ⓘ |
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