Lucretius
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Lucretius was a 1st-century BCE Roman poet and philosopher best known for his didactic epic "De rerum natura," which expounds Epicurean physics and ethics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lucretius canonical | 23 |
| Titus Lucretius Carus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T278655 — 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: Lucretius Context triple: [Sully Prudhomme, influencedBy, Lucretius]
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A.
Horace
Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
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B.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
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C.
Terence
Terence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman playwright Terence and later borne by notable individuals including the British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
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D.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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E.
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
- 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: Lucretius Target entity description: Lucretius was a 1st-century BCE Roman poet and philosopher best known for his didactic epic "De rerum natura," which expounds Epicurean physics and ethics.
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A.
Horace
Horace is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus and later borne by notable individuals like the English writer and politician Horace Walpole.
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B.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
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C.
Terence
Terence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with figures such as the Roman playwright Terence and later borne by notable individuals including the British dramatist Terence Rattigan.
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D.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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E.
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino was a pivotal 15th-century Italian philosopher, priest, and translator whose revival of Plato and development of Neoplatonism profoundly shaped Renaissance thought and humanism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Epicurean philosopher
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Roman philosopher ⓘ Roman poet ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| aimOfWork |
to free humans from fear of death
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to free humans from fear of gods ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
key source for Epicurean doctrine
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major Latin poet ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baruch Spinoza
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Cicero ⓘ Denis Diderot ⓘ Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ Giordano Bruno ⓘ Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
surface form:
Montaigne
Ovid ⓘ Pierre Gassendi ⓘ Thomas Hobbes ⓘ Virgil ⓘ modern materialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Democritus
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Epicurus ⓘ Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Socratic atomists
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| language | Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Epicureanism ⓘ |
| name |
Lucretius
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Titus Lucretius Carus
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| notableWork | De rerum natura ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
atomism
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denial of immortality of the soul ⓘ hedonistic ethics ⓘ materialism ⓘ rejection of divine providence ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Epicureanism ⓘ |
| workForm | hexameter poem ⓘ |
| workLength | six books ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Epicurean ethics
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Epicureanism ⓘ
surface form:
Epicurean physics
atomism ⓘ fear of death ⓘ nature of the universe ⓘ religion and superstition ⓘ soul and mortality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lucretius Description of subject: Lucretius was a 1st-century BCE Roman poet and philosopher best known for his didactic epic "De rerum natura," which expounds Epicurean physics and ethics.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Titus Lucretius Carus