Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings
E939162
Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings is a 17th-century political treatise that defends the divine right of kings and patriarchal, absolute monarchy against emerging theories of popular sovereignty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings canonical | 1 |
| The Natural Power of Kings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11665497 — 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: Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings Context triple: [Sir Robert Filmer, notableWork, Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings]
-
A.
The True Law of Free Monarchies
The True Law of Free Monarchies is a political treatise by King James VI and I that defends the doctrine of the divine right of kings and argues for the absolute authority of monarchs.
-
B.
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
"Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil" is a 1651 political philosophy treatise by Thomas Hobbes that argues for a powerful sovereign authority as the basis of social order and civil peace.
-
C.
De Monarchia
De Monarchia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that argues for the universal authority of a secular Roman emperor, distinct from and independent of papal power.
-
D.
Tractatus Politicus
Tractatus Politicus is a posthumously published political treatise by philosopher Baruch Spinoza that analyzes the nature of political authority and proposes a rational, secular foundation for the state.
-
E.
Institutio principis Christiani
Institutio principis Christiani is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Desiderius Erasmus that outlines the moral and educational ideals of a Christian ruler.
- 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: Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings Target entity description: Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings is a 17th-century political treatise that defends the divine right of kings and patriarchal, absolute monarchy against emerging theories of popular sovereignty.
-
A.
The True Law of Free Monarchies
The True Law of Free Monarchies is a political treatise by King James VI and I that defends the doctrine of the divine right of kings and argues for the absolute authority of monarchs.
-
B.
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
"Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil" is a 1651 political philosophy treatise by Thomas Hobbes that argues for a powerful sovereign authority as the basis of social order and civil peace.
-
C.
De Monarchia
De Monarchia is a Latin treatise by Dante Alighieri that argues for the universal authority of a secular Roman emperor, distinct from and independent of papal power.
-
D.
Tractatus Politicus
Tractatus Politicus is a posthumously published political treatise by philosopher Baruch Spinoza that analyzes the nature of political authority and proposes a rational, secular foundation for the state.
-
E.
Institutio principis Christiani
Institutio principis Christiani is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Desiderius Erasmus that outlines the moral and educational ideals of a Christian ruler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| argumentBasis | analogy between paternal power and royal power ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Stuart monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
Tory political thought ⓘ |
| author |
Robert Filmer
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Robert Filmer
|
| authorDeathBeforePublication | true ⓘ |
| claims |
political authority descends from Adam
ⓘ
subjects owe obedience to kings as to fathers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | John Locke ⓘ |
| criticizedInWork | Two Treatises of Government ⓘ |
| field | early modern political thought ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later critiques of absolutism ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle |
The Natural Power of Kings
ⓘ
linked to:
Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings
|
| hasTitle | Patriarcha ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English Civil War era
ⓘ
Restoration England ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
|
| influenced | debates on absolutism in 17th-century England ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian political thought
ⓘ
biblical patriarchs ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
natural subjection
ⓘ
paternal monarchy ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
absolute monarchy
ⓘ
divine right of kings ⓘ patriarchal authority ⓘ political authority ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
| opposes |
popular sovereignty
ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| politicalPosition |
absolutism
ⓘ
royalism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1680 ⓘ |
| publishedPosthumously | true ⓘ |
| rejects |
natural equality of men
ⓘ
right of resistance against kings ⓘ |
| structure | three-part treatise ⓘ |
| supports |
divinely sanctioned kingship
ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ paternal authority of kings ⓘ |
| writtenBefore |
English Civil War (1642–1651)
ⓘ
linked to:
English Civil War
|
| writtenInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings Description of subject: Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings is a 17th-century political treatise that defends the divine right of kings and patriarchal, absolute monarchy against emerging theories of popular sovereignty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Patriarcha, or The Natural Power of Kings