Theban philosophical circle
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The Theban philosophical circle was an ancient Greek intellectual group based in Thebes, known for producing Socratic disciples such as Cebes who engaged in ethical and metaphysical discussions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Theban philosophical circle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2599934 — 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: Theban philosophical circle Context triple: [Cebes of Thebes, associatedWith, Theban philosophical circle]
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A.
School of Pythagoras
The School of Pythagoras is a medieval stone building in Cambridge, regarded as the oldest surviving university-related structure in the city and now used by St John’s College.
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B.
Catechetical School of Alexandria
The Catechetical School of Alexandria was an influential early Christian educational center in Roman Egypt, renowned for its theological scholarship and biblical exegesis.
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C.
Eleusinian Mysteries
The Eleusinian Mysteries were secretive initiation rites held annually at Eleusis in honor of Demeter and Persephone, promising participants spiritual renewal and a blessed afterlife.
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D.
School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
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E.
Phaedo of Elis
Phaedo of Elis was an ancient Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates, best known as the namesake and reported source of Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo," which recounts Socrates’ final hours and arguments for the immortality of the soul.
- 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: Theban philosophical circle Target entity description: The Theban philosophical circle was an ancient Greek intellectual group based in Thebes, known for producing Socratic disciples such as Cebes who engaged in ethical and metaphysical discussions.
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A.
School of Pythagoras
The School of Pythagoras is a medieval stone building in Cambridge, regarded as the oldest surviving university-related structure in the city and now used by St John’s College.
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B.
Catechetical School of Alexandria
The Catechetical School of Alexandria was an influential early Christian educational center in Roman Egypt, renowned for its theological scholarship and biblical exegesis.
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C.
Eleusinian Mysteries
The Eleusinian Mysteries were secretive initiation rites held annually at Eleusis in honor of Demeter and Persephone, promising participants spiritual renewal and a blessed afterlife.
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D.
School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
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E.
Phaedo of Elis
Phaedo of Elis was an ancient Greek philosopher and disciple of Socrates, best known as the namesake and reported source of Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo," which recounts Socrates’ final hours and arguments for the immortality of the soul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical group
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intellectual group ⓘ philosophical circle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Academic school of Plato's Academy
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surface form:
Platonic Academy (intellectually)
Socratic dialogues ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of the soul ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cebes of Thebes
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Simmias of Thebes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cebes of Thebes
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Simmias of Thebes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Plato
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Socrates ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boeotia
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Thebes ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
ethical discussions
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metaphysical discussions ⓘ nature of the soul ⓘ virtue and the good life ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thebes ⓘ |
| notableWorkAssociated | Tabula of Cebes ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Socratic philosophy
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ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century BCE
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Classical Greece ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Theban philosophical circle Description of subject: The Theban philosophical circle was an ancient Greek intellectual group based in Thebes, known for producing Socratic disciples such as Cebes who engaged in ethical and metaphysical discussions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.