De Officio
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De Officio is the Latin title of Cicero’s influential philosophical work on ethics and moral duty, commonly known in English as "On Duties."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De Officio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11681286 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Officio Context triple: [On the Appropriate, latinizedTitle, De Officio]
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A.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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B.
De gratia
De gratia is a major theological treatise by the Spanish Jesuit philosopher Francisco Suárez that systematically examines the nature of divine grace, free will, and predestination within Catholic doctrine.
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C.
De Ecclesia
De Ecclesia is a seminal theological treatise by Jan Hus that challenges the authority and corruption of the medieval Church and helped lay intellectual groundwork for later church reform movements.
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D.
The Priest
The Priest is the unnamed, charismatic and morally ambiguous Catholic clergyman from the television series "Fleabag," whose intense relationship with the protagonist became one of Andrew Scott’s most acclaimed roles.
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E.
The Priest
"The Priest" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon."
- 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: De Officio Target entity description: De Officio is the Latin title of Cicero’s influential philosophical work on ethics and moral duty, commonly known in English as "On Duties."
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A.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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B.
De gratia
De gratia is a major theological treatise by the Spanish Jesuit philosopher Francisco Suárez that systematically examines the nature of divine grace, free will, and predestination within Catholic doctrine.
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C.
De Ecclesia
De Ecclesia is a seminal theological treatise by Jan Hus that challenges the authority and corruption of the medieval Church and helped lay intellectual groundwork for later church reform movements.
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D.
The Priest
The Priest is the unnamed, charismatic and morally ambiguous Catholic clergyman from the television series "Fleabag," whose intense relationship with the protagonist became one of Andrew Scott’s most acclaimed roles.
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E.
The Priest
"The Priest" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1970 album "Ladies of the Canyon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literary work
ⓘ
ethical treatise ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| addressee | Cicero’s son ⓘ |
| author | Cicero ⓘ |
| bookCount | 3 ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major work of Cicero’s ethical philosophy ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | manual of conduct for statesmen ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 44 BC ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor ⓘ |
| discusses |
courage
ⓘ
justice ⓘ prudence ⓘ temperance ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | On Duties ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm | treatise addressed as a letter ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
De Officiis
ⓘ
linked to:
De officiis
|
| historicalPeriod |
late Roman Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Roman Republic
|
| influenced |
Christian moral theology
ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ early modern political thought ⓘ medieval scholasticism ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Panaetius of Rhodes
ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
honestum (the honorable)
ⓘ
officium (duty) ⓘ utile (the useful) ⓘ |
| LatinTitle |
De Officiis
ⓘ
linked to:
De officiis
|
| literaryForm |
didactic prose
ⓘ
moral essay ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Stoic ethics
ⓘ
moral duty ⓘ practical ethics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Middle Stoicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Stoa
|
| structure | three books ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conflict between the honorable and the useful
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what is honorable ⓘ what is useful ⓘ |
| tradition | Roman philosophical literature ⓘ |
| usedAs | school textbook ⓘ |
| widelyReadIn |
Middle Ages
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Renaissance ⓘ |
| writtenAfter | assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Rome ⓘ |
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Subject: De Officio Description of subject: De Officio is the Latin title of Cicero’s influential philosophical work on ethics and moral duty, commonly known in English as "On Duties."
Referenced by (1)
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subject linked to:
On the Appropriate (Peri tou preponτος)