Ralph Cudworth
E645453
Ralph Cudworth was a 17th-century English philosopher and theologian, a leading figure among the Cambridge Platonists known for his work on moral philosophy and the nature of the human mind.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ralph Cudworth canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7159616 — 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: Ralph Cudworth Context triple: [Review of the Principal Questions in Morals, influencedBy, Ralph Cudworth]
-
A.
John Owen
John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
-
B.
John Philpot
John Philpot was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and archdeacon who became a prominent Marian martyr after being executed for his religious beliefs under Queen Mary I.
-
C.
Samuel Clarke
Samuel Clarke was an 18th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his influential works on natural religion, metaphysics, and Newtonian theology.
-
D.
Dr. Traherne
Dr. Traherne is a central character in the 1923 silent adventure film "The Green Goddess," serving as one of the key figures entangled in the story’s perilous, exotic intrigue.
-
E.
William Ames
William Ames was an influential early 17th-century English Puritan theologian and moral philosopher whose writings helped shape Reformed and Puritan thought in England and New England.
- 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: Ralph Cudworth Target entity description: Ralph Cudworth was a 17th-century English philosopher and theologian, a leading figure among the Cambridge Platonists known for his work on moral philosophy and the nature of the human mind.
-
A.
John Owen
John Owen was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and pastor known for his influential writings on Reformed doctrine and Christian spirituality.
-
B.
John Philpot
John Philpot was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and archdeacon who became a prominent Marian martyr after being executed for his religious beliefs under Queen Mary I.
-
C.
Samuel Clarke
Samuel Clarke was an 18th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his influential works on natural religion, metaphysics, and Newtonian theology.
-
D.
Dr. Traherne
Dr. Traherne is a central character in the 1923 silent adventure film "The Green Goddess," serving as one of the key figures entangled in the story’s perilous, exotic intrigue.
-
E.
William Ames
William Ames was an influential early 17th-century English Puritan theologian and moral philosopher whose writings helped shape Reformed and Puritan thought in England and New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cambridge Platonist
ⓘ
human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ |
| advocated |
eternal and immutable moral truths
ⓘ
innate ideas ⓘ |
| almaMater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1617-07-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Aller, Somerset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Damaris Cudworth Masham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1688-06-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Cambridge University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| fieldOfWork |
metaphysics
ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century moral philosophy
ⓘ
British moral rationalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Plato ⓘ Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
free will
ⓘ
moral realism ⓘ nature of the human mind ⓘ theism ⓘ |
| memberOf | Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Cambridge Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Ralph Cudworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The True Intellectual System of the Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Hobbesian moral philosophy
ⓘ
atheism ⓘ materialism ⓘ |
| parent | Ralph Cudworth Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Christian Platonism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
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: Ralph Cudworth Description of subject: Ralph Cudworth was a 17th-century English philosopher and theologian, a leading figure among the Cambridge Platonists known for his work on moral philosophy and the nature of the human mind.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.