De falsa sapientia (On False Wisdom)
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De falsa sapientia (On False Wisdom) is the third book of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divinae Institutiones*, in which he critiques pagan philosophy and contrasts human pretensions to wisdom with true divine knowledge.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15002894 — 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 falsa sapientia (On False Wisdom) Context triple: [Divinae Institutiones, book3Title, De falsa sapientia (On False Wisdom)]
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Pseudologoi
Pseudologoi are personified spirits of lies and falsehoods in Greek mythology, often associated with deceit and discord.
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In limine sapientiae
In limine sapientiae is the Latin motto of the University of York, typically translated as “On the threshold of wisdom.”
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Book V: On Fallacies
Book V: On Fallacies is the section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that systematically analyzes common logical errors and misleading forms of argument.
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De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium
De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium is a 16th-century work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa that offers a skeptical critique of the value and reliability of contemporary sciences and arts.
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The Criterion between truth and falsehood
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
- 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: De falsa sapientia (On False Wisdom) Target entity description: De falsa sapientia (On False Wisdom) is the third book of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divinae Institutiones*, in which he critiques pagan philosophy and contrasts human pretensions to wisdom with true divine knowledge.
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A.
Pseudologoi
Pseudologoi are personified spirits of lies and falsehoods in Greek mythology, often associated with deceit and discord.
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B.
In limine sapientiae
In limine sapientiae is the Latin motto of the University of York, typically translated as “On the threshold of wisdom.”
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C.
Book V: On Fallacies
Book V: On Fallacies is the section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that systematically analyzes common logical errors and misleading forms of argument.
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D.
De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium
De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium is a 16th-century work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa that offers a skeptical critique of the value and reliability of contemporary sciences and arts.
-
E.
The Criterion between truth and falsehood
"The Criterion between truth and falsehood" is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Furqan, a chapter of the Qur’an that emphasizes the distinction between guidance and misguidance through divine revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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