On Benefits
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On Benefits is a moral and philosophical work by the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca that examines the giving, receiving, and repaying of favors and kindness in human relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Benefits canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11557286 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Benefits Context triple: [De Beneficiis, hasEnglishTitle, On Benefits]
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Benefits Agency
The Benefits Agency was a UK government executive agency responsible for administering social security benefits to the public.
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B.
eBenefits
eBenefits is an online portal that allows U.S. veterans, service members, and their families to manage and access VA and DoD benefits and services.
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C.
Benefits Review Board
The Benefits Review Board is a federal administrative appellate body that reviews and decides appeals of workers’ compensation claims under certain U.S. labor laws.
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D.
Oracle Benefits
Oracle Benefits is a cloud-based benefits administration solution within the Oracle HCM suite that manages employee eligibility, enrollment, and coverage for health, retirement, and other benefit programs.
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E.
General Board of Pension and Health Benefits
The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits is the agency of the United Methodist Church responsible for managing clergy and employee retirement plans, investments, and health benefit programs.
- 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: On Benefits Target entity description: On Benefits is a moral and philosophical work by the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca that examines the giving, receiving, and repaying of favors and kindness in human relationships.
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A.
Benefits Agency
The Benefits Agency was a UK government executive agency responsible for administering social security benefits to the public.
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B.
eBenefits
eBenefits is an online portal that allows U.S. veterans, service members, and their families to manage and access VA and DoD benefits and services.
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C.
Benefits Review Board
The Benefits Review Board is a federal administrative appellate body that reviews and decides appeals of workers’ compensation claims under certain U.S. labor laws.
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D.
Oracle Benefits
Oracle Benefits is a cloud-based benefits administration solution within the Oracle HCM suite that manages employee eligibility, enrollment, and coverage for health, retirement, and other benefit programs.
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E.
General Board of Pension and Health Benefits
The General Board of Pension and Health Benefits is the agency of the United Methodist Church responsible for managing clergy and employee retirement plans, investments, and health benefit programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Stoic text
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moral treatise ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
ethics of favors
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ingratitude ⓘ kindness in human relationships ⓘ patron–client relations ⓘ proper intention in giving ⓘ |
| aimsTo | improve moral conduct in social exchanges ⓘ |
| author | Seneca the Younger ⓘ |
| centuryWritten | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| discusses |
abuse of favors
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motives behind generosity ⓘ obligations of benefactors ⓘ obligations of beneficiaries ⓘ |
| ethicalPosition |
benefits should be given for virtue, not for reward
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gratitude is a key social virtue ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
giving of benefits
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receiving of benefits ⓘ repaying of benefits ⓘ |
| genre |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Stoic ethics ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
benefits
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generosity ⓘ gratitude ⓘ moral duty ⓘ reciprocity ⓘ social obligations ⓘ |
| originalTitle | De Beneficiis ⓘ |
| partOf | Seneca’s moral writings ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
how to give rightly
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how to receive rightly ⓘ how to repay rightly ⓘ |
| philosophicalDomain |
practical ethics
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social philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Stoicism ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Moral Letters to Lucilius
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linked to:
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
On Anger ⓘ On Clemency ⓘ |
| structure | multi-book treatise ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Roman elite ⓘ |
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Subject: On Benefits Description of subject: On Benefits is a moral and philosophical work by the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca that examines the giving, receiving, and repaying of favors and kindness in human relationships.
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