Meditation III
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Meditation III is a central section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops his main arguments for the existence of God and lays the groundwork for his theory of knowledge.
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| Meditation III canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Meditation III Context triple: [Cartesian circle, discussedIn, Meditation III]
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A Mind at Peace
A Mind at Peace is a seminal Turkish modernist novel by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar that explores love, memory, and the tensions between tradition and modernity in early 20th-century Istanbul.
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On the Tranquility of Mind
On the Tranquility of Mind is a philosophical essay by Seneca the Younger that offers Stoic guidance on achieving inner peace and emotional stability amid life's hardships.
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Meditations of the Heart
Meditations of the Heart is a classic collection of spiritual reflections and meditations by theologian and mystic Howard Thurman that explores inner life, social justice, and the quest for spiritual depth.
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On Tranquillity of Mind
On Tranquillity of Mind is a lost Stoic philosophical treatise by Panaetius of Rhodes that explored how to achieve inner calm and emotional stability.
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E.
Moment of Zen
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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: Meditation III Target entity description: Meditation III is a central section of René Descartes’ *Meditations on First Philosophy* in which he develops his main arguments for the existence of God and lays the groundwork for his theory of knowledge.
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A.
A Mind at Peace
A Mind at Peace is a seminal Turkish modernist novel by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar that explores love, memory, and the tensions between tradition and modernity in early 20th-century Istanbul.
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B.
On the Tranquility of Mind
On the Tranquility of Mind is a philosophical essay by Seneca the Younger that offers Stoic guidance on achieving inner peace and emotional stability amid life's hardships.
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C.
Meditations of the Heart
Meditations of the Heart is a classic collection of spiritual reflections and meditations by theologian and mystic Howard Thurman that explores inner life, social justice, and the quest for spiritual depth.
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D.
On Tranquillity of Mind
On Tranquillity of Mind is a lost Stoic philosophical treatise by Panaetius of Rhodes that explored how to achieve inner calm and emotional stability.
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E.
Moment of Zen
Moment of Zen is the brief, often humorous or absurd closing clip that traditionally ends episodes of The Daily Show.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of a philosophical work
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philosophical text section ⓘ |
| author | René Descartes ⓘ |
| centralArgument |
argument from the idea of a perfect being
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causal argument for the existence of God ⓘ |
| concludes |
God exists
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God is not a deceiver ⓘ |
| containedIn |
first edition of Meditations on First Philosophy
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second edition of Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ |
| discussedIn | Cartesian scholarship ⓘ |
| follows | Meditation II ⓘ |
| genre | early modern philosophical prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
God
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human mind ⓘ ideas ⓘ truth and falsity ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 17th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern epistemology
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modern philosophy of religion ⓘ subsequent debates on the Cartesian circle ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
causal principle
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certainty ⓘ clear and distinct perceptions ⓘ criterion of truth ⓘ epistemology ⓘ existence of God ⓘ idea of God ⓘ objective and formal reality of ideas ⓘ source of error ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| originalPublicationPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1641 ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
first-person meditation
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method of doubt ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Cartesianism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Rationalism ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third meditation ⓘ |
| precedes | Meditation IV ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
grounds certainty of knowledge in the existence of God
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provides foundation for later rejection of radical doubt ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
cause must contain at least as much reality as its effect
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clear and distinct perception ⓘ degrees of reality ⓘ formal reality ⓘ objective reality of ideas ⓘ |
| workBy | René Descartes ⓘ |
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