Parva Naturalia
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Parva Naturalia is a collection of Aristotle’s short treatises that explore various aspects of the soul and its functions, such as perception, memory, sleep, and dreams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parva Naturalia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4270345 — 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: Parva Naturalia Context triple: [On the Soul, relatedWork, Parva Naturalia]
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Parva
Parva is a renowned Kannada novel by S. L. Bhyrappa that offers a modern, realistic retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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Longiano
Longiano is a historic hilltop town in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its medieval castle, scenic views, and well-preserved old center.
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Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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Statilia
Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
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Paeligni
The Paeligni were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with the Samnites and known for their role in early Roman history and the Social War.
- 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: Parva Naturalia Target entity description: Parva Naturalia is a collection of Aristotle’s short treatises that explore various aspects of the soul and its functions, such as perception, memory, sleep, and dreams.
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A.
Parva
Parva is a renowned Kannada novel by S. L. Bhyrappa that offers a modern, realistic retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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B.
Longiano
Longiano is a historic hilltop town in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, known for its medieval castle, scenic views, and well-preserved old center.
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C.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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D.
Statilia
Statilia is an ancient Roman feminine praenomen (given name) most notably borne by the empress Statilia Messalina, wife of Emperor Nero.
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E.
Paeligni
The Paeligni were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, closely associated with the Samnites and known for their role in early Roman history and the Social War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of treatises
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cognitive processes
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functions of the soul ⓘ physiological processes ⓘ sensory experience ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical treatise
ⓘ
psychological treatise ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy |
Thomas Aquinas
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linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
medieval scholastic commentators ⓘ |
| hasPart |
On Breathing
ⓘ
On Divination in Sleep ⓘ On Dreams ⓘ On Length and Shortness of Life ⓘ
linked to:
De Brevitate Vitae
On Memory and Recollection ⓘ On Sense and the Sensible ⓘ
linked to:
Sense and Sensibilia
On Sleep and Waking ⓘ On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance philosophy
ⓘ
early modern theories of mind ⓘ medieval philosophy ⓘ scholastic psychology ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aging
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breathing ⓘ divination in sleep ⓘ dreams ⓘ life and death ⓘ memory ⓘ perception ⓘ recollection ⓘ sleep ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| partOf | Aristotle's psychological works ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Corpus Aristotelicum
ⓘ
De Anima ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
ancient psychology
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classics ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | small natural treatises ⓘ |
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Subject: Parva Naturalia Description of subject: Parva Naturalia is a collection of Aristotle’s short treatises that explore various aspects of the soul and its functions, such as perception, memory, sleep, and dreams.
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