Spiritual Laws
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"Spiritual Laws" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the inner moral and metaphysical principles believed to govern human life and the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spiritual Laws canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1363934 — 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: Spiritual Laws Context triple: [Essays: First Series, hasPart, Spiritual Laws]
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A.
On the Spiritual Law
On the Spiritual Law is an early Christian ascetic treatise by St. Mark the Ascetic that offers concise spiritual maxims on inner struggle, grace, and the keeping of God’s commandments.
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B.
True Spirituality
True Spirituality is a Christian theological work by Francis Schaeffer that explores how authentic biblical faith should shape everyday life and practice.
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C.
Dharma
Dharma is a key concept in Indian religions signifying the moral order, righteous duty, and cosmic law that sustains and guides ethical life.
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D.
Spiritual Exercises
Spiritual Exercises is a 16th-century collection of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices by Ignatius of Loyola that forms the foundational spiritual guide for Jesuits and many other Christian retreatants.
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E.
Theosophy
Theosophy is a spiritual and philosophical movement that blends Eastern and Western esoteric traditions, emphasizing mystical insight, reincarnation, and the pursuit of universal spiritual truths.
- 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: Spiritual Laws Target entity description: "Spiritual Laws" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the inner moral and metaphysical principles believed to govern human life and the universe.
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A.
On the Spiritual Law
On the Spiritual Law is an early Christian ascetic treatise by St. Mark the Ascetic that offers concise spiritual maxims on inner struggle, grace, and the keeping of God’s commandments.
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B.
True Spirituality
True Spirituality is a Christian theological work by Francis Schaeffer that explores how authentic biblical faith should shape everyday life and practice.
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C.
Dharma
Dharma is a key concept in Indian religions signifying the moral order, righteous duty, and cosmic law that sustains and guides ethical life.
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D.
Spiritual Exercises
Spiritual Exercises is a 16th-century collection of meditations, prayers, and contemplative practices by Ignatius of Loyola that forms the foundational spiritual guide for Jesuits and many other Christian retreatants.
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E.
Theosophy
Theosophy is a spiritual and philosophical movement that blends Eastern and Western esoteric traditions, emphasizing mystical insight, reincarnation, and the pursuit of universal spiritual truths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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non-fiction prose ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
divine immanence
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inner voice of conscience ⓘ intuition ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ universal moral law ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ |
| author | Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
alignment of human will with spiritual law
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inner transformation ⓘ moral consequences of actions ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical essay
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spiritual essay ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
American philosophy
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American religious thought ⓘ spiritual self-help literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian thought
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Romanticism ⓘ idealism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
divine order in nature
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inner moral law ⓘ metaphysical principles ⓘ moral causation ⓘ relationship between individual and universe ⓘ self-reliance in spiritual life ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
moral responsibility
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nature of the soul ⓘ spiritual autonomy ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | emphasis on inner spiritual authority over external institutions ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Transcendentalism
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surface form:
American Transcendentalism
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Nature
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Self-Reliance ⓘ the Over-Soul ⓘ
surface form:
The Over-Soul
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| setting | intellectual and spiritual context of 19th-century New England ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general educated readership
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students of philosophy and religion ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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didactic ⓘ |
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