On the Genera and Species
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"On the Genera and Species" is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored early theories of classification and the nature of kinds.
All labels observed (1)
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| On the Genera and Species canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8143145 — 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: On the Genera and Species Context triple: [Speusippus, notableWork, On the Genera and Species]
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Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work that attempted a comprehensive, natural classification and description of all known plant species.
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B.
Linnaean sexual system of plants
The Linnaean sexual system of plants is an 18th-century botanical classification method developed by Carl Linnaeus that groups plants based on the number and arrangement of their reproductive organs (stamens and pistils).
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C.
On the Causes of Plants
On the Causes of Plants is an ancient botanical treatise by Theophrastus that systematically investigates plant growth, reproduction, and cultivation practices in the classical world.
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D.
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen is Ernst Haeckel’s foundational 1866 work that helped establish evolutionary morphology and popularized concepts such as the biogenetic law in biology.
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E.
Systematics and the Origin of Species
Systematics and the Origin of Species is a landmark 1942 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped establish the modern biological species concept and integrated systematics with evolutionary theory.
- 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: On the Genera and Species Target entity description: "On the Genera and Species" is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored early theories of classification and the nature of kinds.
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A.
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work that attempted a comprehensive, natural classification and description of all known plant species.
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B.
Linnaean sexual system of plants
The Linnaean sexual system of plants is an 18th-century botanical classification method developed by Carl Linnaeus that groups plants based on the number and arrangement of their reproductive organs (stamens and pistils).
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C.
On the Causes of Plants
On the Causes of Plants is an ancient botanical treatise by Theophrastus that systematically investigates plant growth, reproduction, and cultivation practices in the classical world.
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D.
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen is Ernst Haeckel’s foundational 1866 work that helped establish evolutionary morphology and popularized concepts such as the biogenetic law in biology.
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E.
Systematics and the Origin of Species
Systematics and the Origin of Species is a landmark 1942 book by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr that helped establish the modern biological species concept and integrated systematics with evolutionary theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Old Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedIn | ancient doxographical sources ⓘ |
| author | Speusippus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedBy | later ancient philosophers ⓘ |
| discusses |
criteria for distinguishing kinds
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problems of definition ⓘ relations between higher and lower kinds ⓘ structure of genera and species ⓘ |
| field |
logic
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced | later ancient discussions of classification ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Plato's theory of Forms ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
classification
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genera ⓘ nature of kinds ⓘ species ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Speusippus ⓘ |
| philosophicalCategory |
ontology of kinds
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theory of predication ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aristotle
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Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| survival | known only from later reports and fragments ⓘ |
| workOf | Speusippus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: On the Genera and Species Description of subject: "On the Genera and Species" is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored early theories of classification and the nature of kinds.
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