On Divination
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On Divination is a lost philosophical treatise by the Stoic thinker Panaetius of Rhodes, in which he critically examined and questioned traditional beliefs about prophetic practices and the possibility of foreknowledge.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De divinatione | 2 |
| De Divinatione | 1 |
| On Divination canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2542642 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Divination Context triple: [Panaetius of Rhodes, notableWork, On Divination]
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A.
The Art of Prophesying
The Art of Prophesying is a classic 16th-century Puritan manual on preaching that outlines the theology and practical method of delivering biblical sermons.
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B.
The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant is a 1935 British drama film starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray, centered on a music-hall mentalist whose apparent psychic powers begin to manifest for real with tragic consequences.
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C.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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D.
The Astrologer
The Astrologer is a mysterious prophetic figure in Alexander Pushkin’s fairy-tale poem "The Golden Cockerel," whose cryptic guidance drives the story’s tragic events.
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E.
Magicians of the Gods
Magicians of the Gods is a non-fiction book by Graham Hancock that explores the possibility of a lost advanced civilization destroyed in a global cataclysm and its influence on ancient myths and monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Divination Target entity description: On Divination is a lost philosophical treatise by the Stoic thinker Panaetius of Rhodes, in which he critically examined and questioned traditional beliefs about prophetic practices and the possibility of foreknowledge.
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A.
The Art of Prophesying
The Art of Prophesying is a classic 16th-century Puritan manual on preaching that outlines the theology and practical method of delivering biblical sermons.
-
B.
The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant is a 1935 British drama film starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray, centered on a music-hall mentalist whose apparent psychic powers begin to manifest for real with tragic consequences.
-
C.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
-
D.
The Astrologer
The Astrologer is a mysterious prophetic figure in Alexander Pushkin’s fairy-tale poem "The Golden Cockerel," whose cryptic guidance drives the story’s tragic events.
-
E.
Magicians of the Gods
Magicians of the Gods is a non-fiction book by Graham Hancock that explores the possibility of a lost advanced civilization destroyed in a global cataclysm and its influence on ancient myths and monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosopher | Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ |
| associatedSchool | Middle Stoa ⓘ |
| author | Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | traditional Greek religious beliefs about prophecy ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Greco-Roman world
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linked to:
Classical antiquity
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| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Stoic doctrines ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later testimonies and references ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
divination
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foreknowledge ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | critical examination of traditional beliefs ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Stoicism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
compatibility of divination with Stoic doctrine of fate
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epistemology of prophecy ⓘ |
| positionOnDivination | critical of traditional prophetic practices ⓘ |
| positionOnForeknowledge | skeptical about the possibility of certain foreknowledge ⓘ |
| questionedConcept |
deterministic foreknowledge
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reliability of divinatory signs ⓘ |
| questionedPractice | prophetic practices ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
fate
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human rationality ⓘ providence ⓘ |
| status | lost work ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | extant only in fragments or reports ⓘ |
| workType | philosophical critique of divination ⓘ |
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Subject: On Divination Description of subject: On Divination is a lost philosophical treatise by the Stoic thinker Panaetius of Rhodes, in which he critically examined and questioned traditional beliefs about prophetic practices and the possibility of foreknowledge.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: On Divination
linked to: On Divination
subject linked to:
Cicero's "De Divinatione"
linked to: On Divination