Book II
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Book II is a section of Plato’s Republic in which Socrates begins outlining the ideal city and the education of its guardians as a framework for exploring the nature of justice.
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| Book II canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Book II Context triple: [Plato's Republic, hasPart, Book II]
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Book II
Book II is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" in which he develops his influential theory that all human ideas originate from experience, particularly through sensation and reflection.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Francis Bacon’s philosophical work *The Advancement of Learning*, where he systematically analyzes and classifies the branches of human knowledge.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
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Book II
Book II of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section in which he develops his influential account of moral virtue as a habit formed through practice and the doctrine of the mean between extremes.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Sri Aurobindo’s philosophical work *The Life Divine*, further developing his vision of spiritual evolution and the nature of reality.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Book II Target entity description: Book II is a section of Plato’s Republic in which Socrates begins outlining the ideal city and the education of its guardians as a framework for exploring the nature of justice.
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Book II
Book II is the second section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s educational treatise *Emile, or On Education*, focusing on the development and upbringing of early childhood.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Aristotle’s treatise "Rhetoric," focusing on the psychology of audiences and the emotional appeals used in persuasive speech.
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Book II
Book II is the second part of Aristotle’s *Posterior Analytics*, focusing on the nature of scientific explanation, demonstration, and the structure of knowledge.
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Book II
Book II is the second major section of Hugo Grotius’s foundational work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically develops his theory of natural law and its application to war and peace.
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Book II is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that develops key arguments about production, distribution, and the functioning of economic systems.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| author | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | what justice is and why it is desirable for its own sake ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adeimantus
NERFINISHED
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Glaucon NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
construction of the ideal city
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education of guardians ⓘ justice ⓘ nature of political order ⓘ role of education in virtue ⓘ |
| partOf | Plato's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTopic |
censorship of poetry
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civic unity ⓘ common good ⓘ courage ⓘ division of labor ⓘ education of rulers ⓘ education through gymnastics ⓘ education through music and poetry ⓘ ethics ⓘ founding of laws ⓘ guardian class ⓘ justice in the city ⓘ luxurious city ⓘ moral influence of poetry ⓘ moral psychology ⓘ myth and storytelling ⓘ myth of the metals ⓘ noble lie ⓘ origin of the city ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ relationship between individual and city ⓘ representation of gods in poetry ⓘ role of women in the guardian class ⓘ specialization in the city ⓘ temperance ⓘ theory of education ⓘ truth and falsehood in stories ⓘ virtue of guardians ⓘ |
| setsUp |
later definition of justice in the soul
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later discussion of the tripartite soul ⓘ |
| workType | ancient philosophical text section ⓘ |
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