Crantor of Soli
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Crantor of Soli was an early Academic philosopher best known for his work on ethics and consolation, particularly his influential treatise "On Grief."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Crantor | 1 |
| Crantor of Soli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8143183 — 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: Crantor of Soli Context triple: [Xenocrates, influenced, Crantor of Soli]
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Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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B.
Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
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C.
Monimus of Syracuse
Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
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D.
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
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E.
Diagoras of Rhodes
Diagoras of Rhodes was an ancient Greek Olympic champion boxer from the island of Rhodes, celebrated in antiquity for his athletic prowess and virtue.
- 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: Crantor of Soli Target entity description: Crantor of Soli was an early Academic philosopher best known for his work on ethics and consolation, particularly his influential treatise "On Grief."
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A.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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B.
Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
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C.
Monimus of Syracuse
Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
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D.
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
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E.
Diagoras of Rhodes
Diagoras of Rhodes was an ancient Greek Olympic champion boxer from the island of Rhodes, celebrated in antiquity for his athletic prowess and virtue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Academic philosopher
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Ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
3rd century BC
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4th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Athens ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Soli in Cilicia ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Cicero in Academica
ⓘ
linked to:
Cicero's philosophical dialogues
Cicero in Tusculan Disputations ⓘ
linked to:
Tusculanae Disputationes
|
| contemporaryOf | Polemon of Athens ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Platonism
ⓘ
consolation literature ⓘ ethics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cicero
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Plutarch ⓘ later consolatory literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing a theory of appropriate grief
ⓘ
early Academic ethical writings ⓘ influential consolatory treatise ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Old Academy ⓘ |
| nationality | Greek ⓘ |
| notableWork | On Grief ⓘ |
| occupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
the moderation of emotions
ⓘ
the problem of suffering ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Platonic Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy (Platonic school)
|
| region |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| studentOf | Xenocrates ⓘ |
| tradition | Platonic tradition ⓘ |
| workStatus | On Grief is lost ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crantor of Soli Description of subject: Crantor of Soli was an early Academic philosopher best known for his work on ethics and consolation, particularly his influential treatise "On Grief."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Crantor of Soli