Book 14
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Book 14 is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," focusing on the nature and consequences of human sin and the divided human will.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book 14 canonical | 1 |
| Book 14 (The City of God) | 1 |
| Book XIV | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2101448 — 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 14 Context triple: [The City of God, dividedInto, Book 14]
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Book 13
Book 13 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work "The City of God," in which he reflects on the nature of death, the consequences of original sin, and the hope of resurrection.
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Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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C.
Book VI
Book VI is the final section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of binary quadratic forms and their composition.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 14 Target entity description: Book 14 is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," focusing on the nature and consequences of human sin and the divided human will.
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A.
Book 13
Book 13 is a section of Augustine of Hippo’s theological work "The City of God," in which he reflects on the nature of death, the consequences of original sin, and the hope of resurrection.
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B.
Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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C.
Book VI
Book VI is the final section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of binary quadratic forms and their composition.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book section ⓘ |
| addresses |
contrast between pre-fall and post-fall humanity
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moral psychology of fallen humanity ⓘ |
| aimsTo | explain the psychological and moral consequences of sin ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
The City of God
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surface form:
De civitate Dei (The City of God)
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| author | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | how sin divides and disorders the human will ⓘ |
| discusses |
bondage of the will
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corruption of human nature ⓘ emotions and passions ⓘ fall of Adam and Eve ⓘ inner conflict in the human person ⓘ love of God versus love of self ⓘ original sin ⓘ relationship between body and soul ⓘ shame and sexual desire after the fall ⓘ |
| follows |
Book 13
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surface form:
Book 13 (The City of God)
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| genre |
philosophical discourse
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theological treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard modern editions of The City of God ⓘ |
| influenced | later Western Christian views of sin and the will ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
divided will
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misdirected love ⓘ post-lapsarian human condition ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
concupiscence
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disordered love ⓘ divided human will ⓘ human sin ⓘ origin and effects of the first sin ⓘ two loves forming two cities ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | The City of God ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | second half of The City of God ⓘ |
| positionInWork | 14 ⓘ |
| precedes |
Book XV
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surface form:
Book 15 (The City of God)
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| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setsUp | doctrine of the two cities ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
anthropology
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doctrine of the will ⓘ hamartiology ⓘ |
| workType | Christian philosophical theology ⓘ |
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Subject: Book 14 Description of subject: Book 14 is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work "The City of God," focusing on the nature and consequences of human sin and the divided human will.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The City of God
this entity surface form:
Book XIV
subject surface form:
Book 13 (The City of God)
this entity surface form:
Book 14 (The City of God)