Adversus Musicos
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Adversus Musicos is an ancient philosophical work, traditionally attributed to Sextus Empiricus, that offers a skeptical critique of the art and theory of music.
All labels observed (1)
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| Adversus Musicos canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10642574 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adversus Musicos Context triple: [Sextus Empiricus, hasWorkPart, Adversus Musicos]
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A.
Le Laudi
Le Laudi is a major poetic cycle by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, celebrating nature, the senses, and human vitality in an ornate, symbolist style.
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B.
Ludus Tonalis
Ludus Tonalis is a 1942 piano cycle by Paul Hindemith that explores all 12 tonalities through a series of fugues and interludes, often regarded as his answer to Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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De institutione musica
De institutione musica is a foundational 6th-century Latin treatise that systematizes ancient Greek music theory and profoundly influenced medieval and Renaissance musical thought.
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D.
Adversus Noetum
Adversus Noetum is an early Christian theological treatise, traditionally attributed to Hippolytus of Rome, that argues against the modalist teachings associated with Noetus.
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Opus Minus
Opus Minus is a shorter, supplementary philosophical and scientific work by the medieval English scholar Roger Bacon, written to summarize and support the ideas of his larger Opus Majus.
- 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: Adversus Musicos Target entity description: Adversus Musicos is an ancient philosophical work, traditionally attributed to Sextus Empiricus, that offers a skeptical critique of the art and theory of music.
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A.
Le Laudi
Le Laudi is a major poetic cycle by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, celebrating nature, the senses, and human vitality in an ornate, symbolist style.
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B.
Ludus Tonalis
Ludus Tonalis is a 1942 piano cycle by Paul Hindemith that explores all 12 tonalities through a series of fugues and interludes, often regarded as his answer to Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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C.
De institutione musica
De institutione musica is a foundational 6th-century Latin treatise that systematizes ancient Greek music theory and profoundly influenced medieval and Renaissance musical thought.
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D.
Adversus Noetum
Adversus Noetum is an early Christian theological treatise, traditionally attributed to Hippolytus of Rome, that argues against the modalist teachings associated with Noetus.
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E.
Opus Minus
Opus Minus is a shorter, supplementary philosophical and scientific work by the medieval English scholar Roger Bacon, written to summarize and support the ideas of his larger Opus Majus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient philosophical work
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skeptical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| aimsAt | undermining dogmatic claims about music ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool |
Pyrrhonism
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linked to:
Pyrrhonian skepticism
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| critiques |
art of music
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music ⓘ music theory ⓘ technical expertise in music ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical polemic
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skeptical critique ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Against the Musicians ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | Adversus Musicos ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalStance | skepticism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Adversus Musicos ⓘ |
| influenced |
later discussions in philosophy of music
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scholarship on ancient skepticism ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of works attributed to Sextus Empiricus ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Sextus Empiricus ⓘ |
| questions |
epistemic status of musical expertise
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truth-claims of musical theory ⓘ usefulness of music ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
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history of ancient philosophy ⓘ history of music theory ⓘ |
| subject |
epistemology
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philosophy of music ⓘ value of the arts ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic philosophy
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Roman Imperial period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Empire
|
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Sextus Empiricus ⓘ |
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