Book III
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Book III of Plato's Republic is a section of the dialogue that focuses on the education and moral formation of the guardian class, including discussions of poetry, music, and censorship.
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| Book III canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Book III Context triple: [Plato's Republic, hasPart, Book III]
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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 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 section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s landmark number theory treatise "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae," contributing to its foundational development of modern arithmetic.
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Book III
Book III is the third section of Augustine’s theological treatise *On Christian Doctrine*, focusing on the principles for interpreting ambiguous or figurative passages of Scripture.
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Book III
Book III is the third section of Herman Melville’s long religious-epic poem *Clarel*, continuing its exploration of faith, doubt, and spiritual crisis during a pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
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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 of Plato's Republic is a section of the dialogue that focuses on the education and moral formation of the guardian class, including discussions of poetry, music, and censorship.
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Book III
Book III is the concluding section of Aristotle’s *Rhetoric*, focusing on style and the effective arrangement of speeches in persuasive communication.
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Book III
Book III of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section in which he analyzes moral responsibility, voluntary and involuntary action, and the nature of courage and temperance as key virtues.
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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 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 the third section of Augustine’s theological treatise *On Christian Doctrine*, focusing on the principles for interpreting ambiguous or figurative passages of Scripture.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| contains | discussion of the "noble lie" (myth of the metals) ⓘ |
| discusses |
balance between music and gymnastics
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ban on certain musical modes ⓘ ban on imitative poetry ⓘ censorship of myths about the gods ⓘ courage as a virtue ⓘ education in truthfulness ⓘ education of auxiliaries ⓘ education of future rulers ⓘ fearlessness in guardians ⓘ guardians' relation to pleasure ⓘ guardians' relation to property ⓘ guardians' relation to wealth ⓘ importance of simplicity in music ⓘ influence of poetry on the soul ⓘ modes of music ⓘ obedience to rulers ⓘ rhythm and harmony ⓘ selection of rulers from among guardians ⓘ selection of stories for children ⓘ temperance as a virtue ⓘ testing of guardians ⓘ training in gymnastics ⓘ training in music ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adeimantus
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Glaucon ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
censorship of poetry
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character formation ⓘ civic virtue ⓘ education in the just city ⓘ education of the guardian class ⓘ moral formation of guardians ⓘ role of music in education ⓘ role of poetry in education ⓘ |
| partOf | Plato's Republic ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
formation of civic character
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psychological effects of music and poetry ⓘ relationship between art and morality ⓘ state control of education ⓘ virtue ethics in education ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third book of the Republic ⓘ |
| setIn | dialogue setting of the Piraeus ⓘ |
| workBelongsToTradition |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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Platonic political philosophy ⓘ |
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