Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy
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Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy is a section of the Florentine Codex that examines Nahua (Aztec) principles of eloquent speech, ethical conduct, and moral instruction as recorded by Bernardino de Sahagún and his Indigenous collaborators.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy Context triple: [Florentine Codex, hasPart, Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy]
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De rhetorica et virtutibus
De rhetorica et virtutibus is a Latin treatise on rhetoric and moral virtues by the Carolingian scholar Alcuin of York, composed as an instructional dialogue for the court of Charlemagne.
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Book 3: Of Morals
Book 3: Of Morals is the section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* in which he develops his influential account of ethics, including the role of sentiment in moral judgment.
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Eudemian Ethics
Eudemian Ethics is one of Aristotle’s major works on moral philosophy, offering an account of virtue, happiness, and the good life closely related to but distinct from the Nicomachean Ethics.
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Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy Target entity description: Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy is a section of the Florentine Codex that examines Nahua (Aztec) principles of eloquent speech, ethical conduct, and moral instruction as recorded by Bernardino de Sahagún and his Indigenous collaborators.
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A.
De rhetorica et virtutibus
De rhetorica et virtutibus is a Latin treatise on rhetoric and moral virtues by the Carolingian scholar Alcuin of York, composed as an instructional dialogue for the court of Charlemagne.
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B.
Book 3: Of Morals
Book 3: Of Morals is the section of David Hume’s *A Treatise of Human Nature* in which he develops his influential account of ethics, including the role of sentiment in moral judgment.
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C.
Eudemian Ethics
Eudemian Ethics is one of Aristotle’s major works on moral philosophy, offering an account of virtue, happiness, and the good life closely related to but distinct from the Nicomachean Ethics.
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D.
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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E.
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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colonial-era Nahua source ⓘ ethnographic text ⓘ part of codex ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
document indigenous moral teachings
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preserve Nahua intellectual traditions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Franciscan missionary scholarship
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colonial New Spain ⓘ |
| contains |
dialogues
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formal speeches ⓘ moral maxims ⓘ |
| cultureDocumented |
Aztec
NERFINISHED
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Nahua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationalFunction |
guide for proper speech
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guide for virtuous behavior ⓘ instruction for Nahua youth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Nahua moral philosophy
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Nahua rhetoric ⓘ eloquent speech ⓘ ethical conduct ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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ethnography ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContributor | Indigenous Nahua collaborators ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDocumented | pre-Hispanic central Mexico ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva España NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Nahuatl
NERFINISHED
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Spanish ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript ⓘ |
| partOf | Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| records |
Nahua speeches
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didactic discourses ⓘ moral exhortations ⓘ parental admonitions ⓘ |
| relatedDiscipline |
anthropology
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history of ideas ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian missionary project ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
advice literature
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ethical precepts ⓘ moral education ⓘ oratory ⓘ social norms ⓘ |
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