Liber Secundus
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Liber Secundus is the second book of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, which develops his influential theories on the laws governing war and peace in early modern international law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Liber Secundus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liber Secundus Context triple: [Book II (De iure belli ac pacis), originalTitle, Liber Secundus]
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Liber Tertius
Liber Tertius is the third book of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he develops key mathematical and astronomical arguments for the heliocentric model.
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Master of the Second Veil
The Master of the Second Veil is a ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for guiding candidates through one of the intermediate symbolic stages of the chapter’s ritual.
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C.
Prima Pars
Prima Pars is the first major section of Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, primarily devoted to the nature of God, creation, and divine governance.
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Diuturnum Illud
Diuturnum Illud is an 1881 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII that addresses the nature of Christian government and the duties of rulers and citizens in political life.
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He of Rosetau
He of Rosetau is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian god Sokar, highlighting his role as a funerary deity associated with the necropolis and the underworld region known as Rosetau.
- 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: Liber Secundus Target entity description: Liber Secundus is the second book of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, which develops his influential theories on the laws governing war and peace in early modern international law.
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A.
Liber Tertius
Liber Tertius is the third book of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he develops key mathematical and astronomical arguments for the heliocentric model.
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B.
Master of the Second Veil
The Master of the Second Veil is a ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for guiding candidates through one of the intermediate symbolic stages of the chapter’s ritual.
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C.
Prima Pars
Prima Pars is the first major section of Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, primarily devoted to the nature of God, creation, and divine governance.
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D.
Diuturnum Illud
Diuturnum Illud is an 1881 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII that addresses the nature of Christian government and the duties of rulers and citizens in political life.
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E.
He of Rosetau
He of Rosetau is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian god Sokar, highlighting his role as a funerary deity associated with the necropolis and the underworld region known as Rosetau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Hugo Grotius ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
binding force of natural law in war
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moral limits on warfare ⓘ rights of states and individuals in war ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| field |
international law
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natural law ⓘ |
| genre |
legal treatise
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work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on reprisals and punishment
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chapters on the conduct of war ⓘ chapters on the rights of enemies ⓘ chapters on truces and treaties ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the law of armed conflict
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early modern international law ⓘ later just war theorists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
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Roman law ⓘ Stoic philosophy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on classical international law doctrine
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systematic treatment of the law of war ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | De iure belli ac pacis ⓘ |
| philosophicalBasis |
law of nations
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natural law theory ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1625 ⓘ |
| subject |
conduct of hostilities
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good faith in war ⓘ just war theory ⓘ laws of peace ⓘ laws of war ⓘ limits on violence in war ⓘ neutrality in war ⓘ peace treaties ⓘ proportionality in warfare ⓘ protection of ambassadors ⓘ rights and duties of belligerents ⓘ rules on booty and spoils of war ⓘ treatment of noncombatants ⓘ treatment of prisoners of war ⓘ truces and armistices ⓘ |
| workSeriesPosition |
follows Liber Primus
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precedes Liber Tertius ⓘ |
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Subject: Liber Secundus Description of subject: Liber Secundus is the second book of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, which develops his influential theories on the laws governing war and peace in early modern international law.
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subject linked to:
Book II