De Homine
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De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
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| De Homine canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Homine Context triple: [Thomas Hobbes, notableWork, De Homine]
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A.
De miseria conditionis humanae
De miseria conditionis humanae is a medieval Latin treatise by Pope Innocent III that reflects on the frailty, sinfulness, and transience of human life.
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B.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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C.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
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D.
De vita libri tres
De vita libri tres is a 15th-century philosophical and medical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores the care of the scholar’s body and soul through astrology, humoral theory, and Neoplatonic thought.
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E.
Deus sive Natura
Deus sive Natura is Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical conception of God as identical with the single, all-encompassing substance of nature and reality.
- 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 Homine Target entity description: De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
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A.
De miseria conditionis humanae
De miseria conditionis humanae is a medieval Latin treatise by Pope Innocent III that reflects on the frailty, sinfulness, and transience of human life.
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B.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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C.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
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D.
De vita libri tres
De vita libri tres is a 15th-century philosophical and medical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores the care of the scholar’s body and soul through astrology, humoral theory, and Neoplatonic thought.
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E.
Deus sive Natura
Deus sive Natura is Baruch Spinoza’s philosophical conception of God as identical with the single, all-encompassing substance of nature and reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hobbes ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
human mental life can be explained in terms of motion and matter
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sensation arises from mechanical interactions between external objects and sense organs ⓘ |
| concerns |
the causes of human action
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the nature of the will ⓘ the physiology of perception ⓘ the relation between body and mind ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| follows | De Cive ⓘ |
| genre | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later debates on determinism and free will
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subsequent materialist accounts of mind ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapters on optics
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chapters on sense and imagination ⓘ chapters on voluntary motion ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern discussions of sensation
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later theories of human nature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
De Corpore
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surface form:
Thomas Hobbes's De Corpore
mechanical philosophy of the 17th century ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| originalAudience |
learned readers of natural philosophy
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scholars of moral and political philosophy ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Hobbes's philosophical system ⓘ |
| philosophicalFramework |
materialism
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mechanistic philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | reduction of mental phenomena to corporeal motions ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Hobbesian social contract
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surface form:
Hobbesianism
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| precedes | De Corpore ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1658 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De Cive
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De Corpore ⓘ Leviathan ⓘ |
| subject |
behavior
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human nature ⓘ motion ⓘ perception ⓘ sensation ⓘ sense organs ⓘ vision ⓘ |
| title | De Homine self-link ⓘ |
| tradition |
philosophy of mind
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philosophy of perception ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
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