Monologium
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Monologium is a philosophical and theological treatise by Anselm of Canterbury that presents rational arguments for the existence and nature of God.
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| Monologium canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monologium Context triple: [Monologion, alternativeTitle, Monologium]
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A.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
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B.
Summa Theologiae
Summa Theologiae is a monumental 13th-century theological and philosophical work that systematically presents and defends the core doctrines of Christian theology.
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C.
Quaestiones quodlibetales
Quaestiones quodlibetales is a collection of medieval scholastic disputations by Duns Scotus that addresses a wide range of philosophical and theological questions.
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D.
Loci Theologici
Loci Theologici is a major 16th-century Lutheran theological work by Martin Chemnitz that systematically presents and defends key doctrines of the Reformation.
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E.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
- 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: Monologium Target entity description: Monologium is a philosophical and theological treatise by Anselm of Canterbury that presents rational arguments for the existence and nature of God.
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A.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
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B.
Summa Theologiae
Summa Theologiae is a monumental 13th-century theological and philosophical work that systematically presents and defends the core doctrines of Christian theology.
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C.
Quaestiones quodlibetales
Quaestiones quodlibetales is a collection of medieval scholastic disputations by Duns Scotus that addresses a wide range of philosophical and theological questions.
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D.
Loci Theologici
Loci Theologici is a major 16th-century Lutheran theological work by Martin Chemnitz that systematically presents and defends key doctrines of the Reformation.
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E.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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theological treatise ⓘ |
| aim | to demonstrate God’s existence by reason alone ⓘ |
| author | Anselm of Canterbury ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
degrees of being
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divine simplicity ⓘ divine unity ⓘ necessary being ⓘ supreme good ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateWritten | c. 1075 ⓘ |
| follows | Proslogion ⓘ |
| genre | scholastic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | medieval scholastic commentators ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arguments from causality
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arguments from degrees of perfection ⓘ arguments from goodness ⓘ rational arguments for the existence of God ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical theism
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later scholastic theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Augustine of Hippo
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Boethius ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
existence of God
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nature of God ⓘ |
| methodology |
a priori reasoning
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rational argumentation ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics
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philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Proslogion ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
history of philosophy courses
ⓘ
theology curricula ⓘ |
| theologicalDiscipline |
doctrine of God
ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition |
classical theism
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monotheism ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Anselmian corpus ⓘ |
| workType | prose treatise ⓘ |
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