Book I
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Book I is the first volume of Samuel von Pufendorf’s natural law treatise "De officio hominis et civis," outlining foundational principles of human duties and civil obligations.
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| Book I canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Book I Context triple: [De officio hominis et civis, hasPart, Book I]
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Book I
Book I is the first section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, in which he lays out the foundational principles of natural law and just war theory.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, in which he begins responding to pagan criticisms of Christianity after the sack of Rome.
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Book I
Book I of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics introduces the work’s central inquiry into the nature of human happiness (eudaimonia) and the highest good.
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Book I
Book I is the first major section of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophical work *The Life Divine*, laying out the foundations of his integral metaphysical and spiritual vision.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Leon Battista Alberti’s architectural treatise *De re aedificatoria*, laying out its foundational principles and theoretical framework.
- 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: Book I Target entity description: Book I is the first volume of Samuel von Pufendorf’s natural law treatise "De officio hominis et civis," outlining foundational principles of human duties and civil obligations.
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Book I
Book I is the first section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work *De iure belli ac pacis*, in which he lays out the foundational principles of natural law and just war theory.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of the Institutes of Justinian, outlining foundational principles of Roman private law and legal persons.
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Book I
Book I is the opening section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he lays the philosophical groundwork for his theory of legitimate political authority and the social pact.
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Book I
Book I is the first section of Isaac Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, laying out the mathematical foundations of classical mechanics and the laws of motion.
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Book I
Book I is the first of the four books of Peter Lombard’s medieval theological work "Sentences," laying foundational discussions of God, the Trinity, and divine attributes.
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Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| addresses |
duties independent of positive law
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foundations of civil society ⓘ origin and nature of moral obligation ⓘ status of humans in the natural condition ⓘ |
| aim | to systematize duties of humans and citizens under natural law ⓘ |
| author |
Samuel von Pufendorf
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linked to:
Samuel Pufendorf
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| centralConcept |
basis of civil authority in natural law
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moral responsibility of individuals ⓘ obligations derived from natural law ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| field |
moral philosophy
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natural law ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic treatise
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legal philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on duties to oneself
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chapters on duties to others ⓘ chapters on duties to the state ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post‑Westphalian European legal order ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enlightenment legal thought
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early modern political theory ⓘ university teaching of natural law in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hugo Grotius
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Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
civil servants
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educated lay readers interested in natural law ⓘ students of law and philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
De officio hominis et civis, Liber I
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linked to:
De officio hominis et civis
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| partOf | De officio hominis et civis ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance | seeks a secular grounding of natural law ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | early modern natural law ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first volume ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Book II of De officio hominis et civis
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linked to:
De officio hominis et civis
De jure naturae et gentium ⓘ |
| subject |
civil obligations
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human duties ⓘ moral duties of individuals ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ relationship between individuals and the state ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| usedAs | textbook in early modern universities ⓘ |
| workInSeries | outlines foundational principles for the whole treatise ⓘ |
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