Book 4
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Book 4 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book 4 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2101438 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book 4 Context triple: [The City of God, dividedInto, Book 4]
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Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he develops his influential theory of knowledge, including the nature, extent, and limits of human understanding.
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C.
Book IV
Book IV is a section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal number theory work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on properties of quadratic residues and related arithmetic concepts.
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Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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Book III
Book III is a component section of the Power Architecture specification that defines part of the architecture’s operational and programming model.
- 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: Book 4 Target entity description: Book 4 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life.
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A.
Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract*, where he further develops his ideas on sovereignty, civil religion, and the functioning of a legitimate political community.
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B.
Book IV
Book IV is the concluding section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," in which he develops his influential theory of knowledge, including the nature, extent, and limits of human understanding.
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C.
Book IV
Book IV is a section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s seminal number theory work *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on properties of quadratic residues and related arithmetic concepts.
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D.
Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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E.
Book III
Book III is a component section of the Power Architecture specification that defines part of the architecture’s operational and programming model.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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section of a philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend Christianity against pagan accusations
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undermine confidence in pagan religious foundations of Rome ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosopher | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| author | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| belongsToDiscipline |
philosophy of religion
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political theology ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
comparison between worship of the one true God and worship of many gods
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critique of Roman civic life ⓘ critique of pagan religion ⓘ inadequacy of pagan gods to provide true happiness ⓘ relationship between political success and divine favor ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Roman civic cults
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Roman pagan religion ⓘ polytheism ⓘ the belief that Rome’s greatness was due to pagan gods ⓘ |
| discusses |
Roman deities and their functions
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the limits of political power ⓘ the nature of true worship ⓘ the problem of attributing prosperity to false gods ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian philosophy
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apologetics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written after the sack of Rome in 410 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian scripture
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Greco-Roman philosophical traditions ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
philosophical discourse
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theological argument ⓘ |
| mainWorkEnglishTitle | The City of God ⓘ |
| mainWorkTitle |
The City of God
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surface form:
De civitate Dei
|
| originalLanguageScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| partOf | The City of God ⓘ |
| partOfTotalBooks | 22 ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Late Antique Christian philosophy ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Christianity
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| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| supportsView |
earthly empires are transient compared to the City of God
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true blessedness comes only from the Christian God ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Christian intellectuals
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educated Roman readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 5th century ⓘ |
| workSeriesPosition | 4 ⓘ |
| workStructure | prose treatise ⓘ |
| workTypeWithinWhole | polemical section ⓘ |
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Subject: Book 4 Description of subject: Book 4 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," continuing his critique of pagan religion and Roman civic life.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
The City of God