Phädon
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Phädon is a seminal philosophical dialogue by Moses Mendelssohn that presents Enlightenment ideas on the immortality of the soul in the form of a modern reworking of Plato’s Phaedo.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phädon Context triple: [German Enlightenment, hasKeyWork, Phädon]
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Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
- 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: Phädon Target entity description: Phädon is a seminal philosophical dialogue by Moses Mendelssohn that presents Enlightenment ideas on the immortality of the soul in the form of a modern reworking of Plato’s Phaedo.
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A.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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B.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
afterlife
ⓘ
soul ⓘ virtue and immortality ⓘ |
| aim | to defend the immortality of the soul using reason ⓘ |
| author | Moses Mendelssohn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Prussia ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical literature
ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ |
| hasReception |
contributed to Mendelssohn’s reputation as the “German Socrates”
ⓘ
widely read in late 18th-century Germany ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
European Enlightenment
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Enlightenment
|
| influenced |
German Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah)
ⓘ
linked to:
Haskalah
later German idealist discussions of the soul ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Phaedo
ⓘ
Plato ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
immortality of the soul
ⓘ
metaphysics of the soul ⓘ rational theology ⓘ |
| movement | German Enlightenment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
modern reworking of a Platonic dialogue
ⓘ
popularizing Enlightenment ideas in German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Phädon, oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele
ⓘ
linked to:
Phaedo
|
| philosophicalMethod |
dialogical exposition
ⓘ
rational argumentation ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | rationalist defense of immortality ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
nature of the human soul
ⓘ
proofs of immortality ⓘ relationship between reason and religion ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1767 ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor | Plato ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Phaedo ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah)
ⓘ
linked to:
Haskalah
|
| setting | modeled on the setting of Plato’s Phaedo ⓘ |
| structure | three dialogues ⓘ |
| title | Phädon ⓘ |
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