Book II
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Book II is the second part of Samuel von Pufendorf’s natural law treatise *De officio hominis et civis*, further developing his account of human and civic duties within civil society.
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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: [De officio hominis et civis, hasPart, Book II]
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Book II
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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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 is the second part of Archimedes’ treatise *On Floating Bodies*, in which he further develops his mathematical analysis of hydrostatics and the equilibrium of floating objects.
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Book II
Book II is one of the ten books within Leon Battista Alberti’s architectural treatise *De re aedificatoria*, contributing to its systematic Renaissance theory of architecture.
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Book II
Book II is a section of the medieval Visigothic legal code Liber Iudiciorum, detailing a specific portion of its laws and legal provisions.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book II Target entity description: Book II is the second part of Samuel von Pufendorf’s natural law treatise *De officio hominis et civis*, further developing his account of human and civic duties within civil society.
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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 is a major section of Leibniz’s philosophical work *Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain*, in which he develops key arguments about human understanding and ideas.
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Book II
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 Francis Bacon’s philosophical work *The Advancement of Learning*, where he systematically analyzes and classifies the branches of human knowledge.
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Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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part of philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| author | Samuel von Pufendorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Electorate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Book I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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natural law treatise ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
law of nature
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obligations of citizens ⓘ public authority ⓘ rights and duties in political society ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsWhole | De officio hominis et civis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enlightenment political thought
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later natural law theorists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hugo Grotius
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Hobbes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
civic duties
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civil society ⓘ human duties in civil society ⓘ natural law ⓘ |
| partOf | De officio hominis et civis ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
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legal philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Protestant natural law
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early modern natural law theory ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| treatsOf |
application of natural law within political communities
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duties of citizens toward the state ⓘ duties of magistrates ⓘ relations between subjects and sovereign ⓘ structure of civil government ⓘ |
| workTitleInOriginalLanguage | Liber II ⓘ |
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