Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience
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The Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience is a section of Saadia Gaon’s philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot* that explores the nature and religious significance of obeying or disobeying divine commandments.
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| Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience Context triple: [Emunot ve-Deot, hasPart, Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience]
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Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience)
"Resistance to Civil Government" (commonly known as "Civil Disobedience") is an 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau that argues individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences and have a duty to resist unjust laws.
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
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C.
Four Essays on Liberty
Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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D.
An Essay on the First Principles of Government
An Essay on the First Principles of Government is an influential 18th-century political treatise by Joseph Priestley that argues for civil liberties, religious freedom, and the sovereignty of the people over government.
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E.
A Disquisition on Government
A Disquisition on Government is a mid-19th-century political treatise by John C. Calhoun that systematically defends states’ rights, slavery, and the doctrine of the concurrent majority within the American constitutional system.
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- 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: Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience Target entity description: The Fourth Treatise on Obedience and Disobedience is a section of Saadia Gaon’s philosophical work *Emunot ve-Deot* that explores the nature and religious significance of obeying or disobeying divine commandments.
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A.
Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience)
"Resistance to Civil Government" (commonly known as "Civil Disobedience") is an 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau that argues individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences and have a duty to resist unjust laws.
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B.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
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C.
Four Essays on Liberty
Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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D.
An Essay on the First Principles of Government
An Essay on the First Principles of Government is an influential 18th-century political treatise by Joseph Priestley that argues for civil liberties, religious freedom, and the sovereignty of the people over government.
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E.
A Disquisition on Government
A Disquisition on Government is a mid-19th-century political treatise by John C. Calhoun that systematically defends states’ rights, slavery, and the doctrine of the concurrent majority within the American constitutional system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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section of a book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the religious significance of disobeying commandments
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clarify the religious significance of obeying commandments ⓘ |
| associatedWith | rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
| author | Saadia Gaon ⓘ |
| discusses |
consequences of disobedience
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consequences of obedience ⓘ human accountability before God ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ nature of divine commandments ⓘ rational basis of commandments ⓘ scriptural commandments ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Jewish theology
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religious philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Geonic era ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
biblical texts
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rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Jewish believers
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students of Jewish law ⓘ |
| isSectionOf | Emunot ve-Deot ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Judeo-Arabic ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Halakha
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surface form:
Jewish law
disobedience to divine commandments ⓘ free will ⓘ obedience to divine commandments ⓘ religious ethics ⓘ reward and punishment ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguageOfPart | Judeo-Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | Emunot ve-Deot ⓘ |
| partOfWorkBy | Saadia Gaon ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| positionInWork | fourth treatise ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
guidance on proper observance of commandments
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warning against transgression of commandments ⓘ |
| workFocus |
ethical implications of divine law
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relationship between human action and divine command ⓘ |
| workInvolves |
philosophical argumentation
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religious exegesis ⓘ |
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