De natura deorum
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De natura deorum is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman orator and statesman Cicero that examines competing theological and religious doctrines in late Republican Rome.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De natura deorum canonical | 1 |
| On the Nature of the Gods | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De natura deorum Context triple: [Cicero, notableWork, De natura deorum]
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A.
De rerum natura
De rerum natura is a didactic Latin poem by Lucretius that expounds Epicurean philosophy and atomistic physics to explain the nature of the universe and dispel fear of gods and death.
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B.
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.
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C.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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D.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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E.
Enneads
Enneads is the foundational collection of philosophical writings by Plotinus that systematizes Neoplatonism and profoundly influenced later Western and Islamic thought.
- 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 natura deorum Target entity description: De natura deorum is a philosophical dialogue by the Roman orator and statesman Cicero that examines competing theological and religious doctrines in late Republican Rome.
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A.
De rerum natura
De rerum natura is a didactic Latin poem by Lucretius that expounds Epicurean philosophy and atomistic physics to explain the nature of the universe and dispel fear of gods and death.
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B.
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.
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C.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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D.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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E.
Enneads
Enneads is the foundational collection of philosophical writings by Plotinus that systematizes Neoplatonism and profoundly influenced later Western and Islamic thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ work of theology ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Cicero ⓘ |
| circulation | read in educated circles in ancient Rome ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| dialogueCharacter |
Cicero
ⓘ
Gaius Aurelius Cotta ⓘ
surface form:
Gaius Cotta
Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
surface form:
Gaius Velleius
Quintus Lucilius Balbus ⓘ |
| examines |
arguments for the existence of gods
ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ nature of divine happiness ⓘ problem of evil ⓘ relationship between religion and philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical dialogue
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theological treatise ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
De natura deorum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
On the Nature of the Gods
|
| influenced |
Augustine of Hippo
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Renaissance humanism ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
early Christian theology ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Augustan age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Latin literature
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| mainTopic |
Roman religion
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nature of the gods ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ religious doctrine ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Cicero's philosophical works ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionRepresented |
Academic skepticism about the gods
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Epicureanism ⓘ
surface form:
Epicurean theology
Stoic theology ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchoolDiscussed |
Academic skepticism
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Epicureanism ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Hellenistic philosophy received in Rome ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives in medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Divination
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surface form:
De divinatione
De officiis ⓘ Tusculanae Disputationes ⓘ
surface form:
Tusculanae disputationes
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| setting |
Late Roman Republic
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surface form:
late Roman Republic
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| structure | three books ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
On the Nature of the Gods