Hermotimus of Clazomenae
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Hermotimus of Clazomenae was a semi-legendary pre-Socratic figure from Ionia, often cited in ancient sources as an early thinker associated with ideas about the soul’s separation from the body and later linked, perhaps apocryphally, to the philosophy of Anaxagoras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hermotimus of Clazomenae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3455311 — 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: Hermotimus of Clazomenae Context triple: [Clazomenae, hasNotablePerson, Hermotimus of Clazomenae]
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Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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Monimus of Syracuse
Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
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Conon of Athens
Conon of Athens was a prominent Athenian admiral and statesman of the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, known especially for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
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Polemon of Athens
Polemon of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Platonic tradition who led the Academy in the early 3rd century BCE and emphasized practical ethics and living in accordance with nature.
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Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
- 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: Hermotimus of Clazomenae Target entity description: Hermotimus of Clazomenae was a semi-legendary pre-Socratic figure from Ionia, often cited in ancient sources as an early thinker associated with ideas about the soul’s separation from the body and later linked, perhaps apocryphally, to the philosophy of Anaxagoras.
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A.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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B.
Monimus of Syracuse
Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
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C.
Conon of Athens
Conon of Athens was a prominent Athenian admiral and statesman of the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, known especially for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
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D.
Polemon of Athens
Polemon of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Platonic tradition who led the Academy in the early 3rd century BCE and emphasized practical ethics and living in accordance with nature.
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E.
Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Ionian thinker
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person from Clazomenae ⓘ pre-Socratic figure ⓘ semi-legendary philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
separability of soul and body
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soul’s independent activity apart from the body ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Anaxagoras ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Aristotle
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Lucian of Samosata ⓘ Pliny the Elder ⓘ Tertullian ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| culturalDepiction | example of a wandering soul in ancient literature ⓘ |
| describedAs |
possibly apocryphal figure
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semi-legendary ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Ionian Greeks
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linked to:
Ionians
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| fieldOfWork |
early Greek philosophy
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
his body was allegedly burned by enemies while his soul was absent
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his soul was said to leave his body and travel afar ⓘ |
| historicity | uncertain ⓘ |
| influenced | later accounts of soul–body dualism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being cited as an early thinker on the nature of the soul
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doctrine of the soul’s separation from the body ⓘ later association with the philosophy of Anaxagoras ⓘ stories about out-of-body experiences ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | writings of later ancient authors ⓘ |
| notableFact | sometimes treated as a precursor to Anaxagoras’ doctrine of Nous ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Clazomenae
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Ionia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Socratic period ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek biographical and doxographical tradition ⓘ |
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Subject: Hermotimus of Clazomenae Description of subject: Hermotimus of Clazomenae was a semi-legendary pre-Socratic figure from Ionia, often cited in ancient sources as an early thinker associated with ideas about the soul’s separation from the body and later linked, perhaps apocryphally, to the philosophy of Anaxagoras.
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