Quaestiones quodlibetales
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Quaestiones quodlibetales is a collection of medieval scholastic disputations by Duns Scotus that addresses a wide range of philosophical and theological questions.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quaestiones quodlibetales Context triple: [Duns Scotus, notableWork, Quaestiones quodlibetales]
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A.
Summa Theologiae
Summa Theologiae is a monumental 13th-century theological and philosophical work that systematically presents and defends the core doctrines of Christian theology.
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B.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
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C.
Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
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D.
Tusculanae Disputationes
Tusculanae Disputationes is a series of philosophical dialogues by Cicero that explore themes such as death, pain, grief, and the pursuit of happiness from a Roman Stoic-influenced perspective.
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E.
De Homine
De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quaestiones quodlibetales Target entity description: Quaestiones quodlibetales is a collection of medieval scholastic disputations by Duns Scotus that addresses a wide range of philosophical and theological questions.
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A.
Summa Theologiae
Summa Theologiae is a monumental 13th-century theological and philosophical work that systematically presents and defends the core doctrines of Christian theology.
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B.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
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C.
Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
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D.
Tusculanae Disputationes
Tusculanae Disputationes is a series of philosophical dialogues by Cicero that explore themes such as death, pain, grief, and the pursuit of happiness from a Roman Stoic-influenced perspective.
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E.
De Homine
De Homine is a philosophical treatise by Thomas Hobbes that examines human nature, sensation, and behavior within his broader mechanistic and materialist framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval philosophical work
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scholastic disputation collection ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| addresses |
philosophical questions
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theological questions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sorbonne University
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surface form:
University of Paris
medieval university disputations ⓘ |
| author |
Duns Scotus
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surface form:
John Duns Scotus
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| compositionDate | late 13th century ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
disputed questions
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quodlibetal questions ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Duns Scotus ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
creation and causality
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divine intellect ⓘ divine will ⓘ freedom of the will ⓘ knowledge and cognition ⓘ metaphysics of individuality ⓘ moral theology ⓘ nature of God ⓘ univocity of being ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important source for Scotus’s mature thought ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern scholasticism
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later scholastic thinkers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelianism
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surface form:
Aristotelian philosophy
Augustinian theology ⓘ
surface form:
Augustinian tradition
Christian theology ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| method |
question–objection–response structure
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scholastic disputation ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Duns Scotus ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | Latin medieval philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Scotism ⓘ |
| questionFormat | open questions proposed by audience ⓘ |
| region | medieval Western Europe ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ordinatio
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Reportatio ⓘ |
| setting | public quodlibetal disputations ⓘ |
| theologicalContext |
Scholastic theology
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surface form:
Western Christian theology
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| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tradition | Scholasticism ⓘ |
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