Book III
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Book III is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, continuing his critique of pagan beliefs and interpretation of Roman history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book III canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book III Context triple: [The City of God, hasPart, Book III]
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Book III
Book III is the section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political treatise *The Social Contract* that focuses on the nature, forms, and functioning of government in relation to the sovereign people.
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Book III
Book III is the section of John Locke’s "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" that focuses on the nature, use, and limitations of language in human knowledge.
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Book III
Book III is one of the sections of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, which laid the foundations of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is the final section of Newton’s *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, in which he applies his laws of motion and universal gravitation to explain the motions of celestial bodies and the structure of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is a component section of the Power Architecture specification that defines part of the architecture’s operational and programming model.
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- 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: Book III Target entity description: Book III is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, continuing his critique of pagan beliefs and interpretation of Roman history.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, continuing his systematic defense and explanation of Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
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Book III
Book III is the concluding section of Hugo Grotius’s seminal work "De iure belli ac pacis," in which he systematically examines the conduct of war and the restoration of peace within the framework of natural and international law.
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Book III
Book III is one of the sections of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, which laid the foundations of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Book III
Book III is one of the sections of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its broader moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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Book III
Book III is a section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s landmark number theory treatise "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae," contributing to its foundational development of modern arithmetic.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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section of a philosophical work ⓘ |
| argues |
Roman suffering occurred long before Christianity
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Roman virtues were insufficient without true worship of God ⓘ pagan gods did not protect Rome from calamities ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Book I (The City of God)
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linked to:
The City of God
Book II (The City of God) ⓘ Book IV (The City of God) ⓘ |
| author | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of Augustine’s major work ⓘ |
| circulation |
early modern Europe through translations
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medieval Latin Christendom ⓘ |
| critiques |
Roman pagan religion
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pagan historiography ⓘ traditional Roman mythology ⓘ |
| discusses |
Roman disasters and misfortunes
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Roman political history ⓘ Roman wars ⓘ |
| follows |
Book II (The City of God)
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linked to:
The City of God
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| genre |
Christian philosophy
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apologetics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsPart | individual chapters of Book III (The City of God) ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
aftermath of the Sack of Rome in 410
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early 5th century Roman Empire ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Biblical theology
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Roman historiography ⓘ classical philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of pagan beliefs
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divine providence in history ⓘ failure of pagan gods to secure Roman happiness ⓘ interpretation of Roman history ⓘ moral corruption of Rome ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | The City of God ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Late Antique Christian philosophy ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| precedes | Book IV (The City of God) ⓘ |
| purpose |
defend Christianity against pagan accusations
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reinterpret Roman history in light of Christian theology ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective |
Catholic
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Christian theology
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late antique history ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| workIncludedIn |
The City of God against the Pagans
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linked to:
The City of God
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Subject: Book III Description of subject: Book III is a section of Augustine’s monumental Christian philosophical work *The City of God*, continuing his critique of pagan beliefs and interpretation of Roman history.
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