Magna Moralia
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Magna Moralia is a short, likely later and possibly non-authentic Aristotelian treatise on ethics that offers a concise overview of themes developed more fully in the Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics.
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| Magna Moralia canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magna Moralia Context triple: [Aristotle's writings, containsWork, Magna Moralia]
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A.
De omnifaria doctrina
De omnifaria doctrina is a Byzantine philosophical and encyclopedic work by Michael Psellos that surveys a wide range of theological, scientific, and philosophical topics.
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B.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
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C.
Breviloquium
Breviloquium is a concise theological handbook by the medieval Franciscan scholar Bonaventure that systematically summarizes key doctrines of Christian theology.
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D.
De natura boni
De natura boni is a medieval theological treatise by Albert of Cologne (Albertus Magnus) that systematically examines the nature of goodness within a Christian philosophical framework.
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E.
Moralia
Moralia is a collection of essays and treatises by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, covering ethics, religion, politics, and philosophy.
- 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: Magna Moralia Target entity description: Magna Moralia is a short, likely later and possibly non-authentic Aristotelian treatise on ethics that offers a concise overview of themes developed more fully in the Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics.
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A.
De omnifaria doctrina
De omnifaria doctrina is a Byzantine philosophical and encyclopedic work by Michael Psellos that surveys a wide range of theological, scientific, and philosophical topics.
-
B.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
-
C.
Breviloquium
Breviloquium is a concise theological handbook by the medieval Franciscan scholar Bonaventure that systematically summarizes key doctrines of Christian theology.
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D.
De natura boni
De natura boni is a medieval theological treatise by Albert of Cologne (Albertus Magnus) that systematically examines the nature of goodness within a Christian philosophical framework.
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E.
Moralia
Moralia is a collection of essays and treatises by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch, covering ethics, religion, politics, and philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek philosophical work
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ethical treatise ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide concise overview of Aristotelian ethics ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aristotle
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Eudemian Ethics ⓘ Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| authorshipAttribution |
Aristotelian school
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linked to:
Aristotelianism
|
| authorshipStatus | disputed ⓘ |
| chronology |
likely later than Eudemian Ethics
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likely later than Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Eudemian Ethics
ⓘ
Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| discusses |
friendship
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happiness ⓘ moral character ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| genre | didactic prose ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eudemian Ethics
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Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| influenceScope | history of ethical theory ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline | virtue ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Aristotelianism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| preservedAs | part of Aristotelian ethical corpus ⓘ |
| region |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| scholarlyDebate | authenticity of authorship ⓘ |
| structure | two books ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
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ethics curricula ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ |
| textualForm | treatise ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Great Ethics ⓘ |
| traditionallyIncludedIn | Corpus Aristotelicum ⓘ |
| workType |
overview
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summary ⓘ |
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