Patriarcha
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Patriarcha is a 17th-century political treatise by Sir Robert Filmer that defends the divine right of kings and patriarchal authority against emerging theories of popular sovereignty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patriarcha canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11665496 — 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: Patriarcha Context triple: [Sir Robert Filmer, notableWork, Patriarcha]
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A.
Despots of the Morea
The Despots of the Morea were late Byzantine rulers of the Peloponnese region who governed a semi-autonomous appanage of the empire from the 14th to 15th centuries.
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B.
Elostirion
Elostirion is a tall, ancient tower in the Elven haven of the Tower Hills in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, notable as the westernmost tower of Middle-earth and the last known resting place of one of the palantíri.
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Pater Patriae
Pater Patriae was an honorific title in ancient Rome meaning "Father of the Fatherland," bestowed by the Senate on emperors and other distinguished leaders as a mark of supreme civic honor.
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D.
Autokrator
Autokrator is a Greek imperial title historically used to denote a supreme, absolute ruler, most prominently the Byzantine emperor.
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E.
Eikonoklastes
Eikonoklastes is a 1649 prose work by John Milton that fiercely attacks the royalist image of King Charles I and defends the execution of the king.
- 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: Patriarcha Target entity description: Patriarcha is a 17th-century political treatise by Sir Robert Filmer that defends the divine right of kings and patriarchal authority against emerging theories of popular sovereignty.
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A.
Despots of the Morea
The Despots of the Morea were late Byzantine rulers of the Peloponnese region who governed a semi-autonomous appanage of the empire from the 14th to 15th centuries.
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B.
Elostirion
Elostirion is a tall, ancient tower in the Elven haven of the Tower Hills in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, notable as the westernmost tower of Middle-earth and the last known resting place of one of the palantíri.
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C.
Pater Patriae
Pater Patriae was an honorific title in ancient Rome meaning "Father of the Fatherland," bestowed by the Senate on emperors and other distinguished leaders as a mark of supreme civic honor.
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D.
Autokrator
Autokrator is a Greek imperial title historically used to denote a supreme, absolute ruler, most prominently the Byzantine emperor.
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E.
Eikonoklastes
Eikonoklastes is a 1649 prose work by John Milton that fiercely attacks the royalist image of King Charles I and defends the execution of the king.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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political treatise ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
kings inherit authority from Adam
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political authority derives from paternal authority ⓘ subjects owe obedience to kings as to fathers ⓘ |
| author | Sir Robert Filmer ⓘ |
| circulation | became widely discussed in late 17th century political debates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
John Locke
ⓘ
Two Treatises of Government ⓘ |
| genre |
political philosophy
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English debates over monarchy and parliament
ⓘ
Stuart monarchy ⓘ
linked to:
House of Stuart
early modern England ⓘ |
| influencedBy | biblical interpretation of Genesis ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition |
conservative political thought
ⓘ
royalist theory ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
Adam’s patriarchal authority
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filial obedience ⓘ paternal monarchy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
central target of John Locke’s political critique
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important foil for later liberal theories of government ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
divine right of kings
ⓘ
patriarchal authority ⓘ political authority ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
| opposes |
popular sovereignty
ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
anti-democratic
ⓘ
anti-liberal ⓘ anti-republican ⓘ |
| positionOnGovernment | absolutist monarchy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| stanceOnParliament | subordinates parliamentary power to royal authority ⓘ |
| stanceOnResistance | rejects right of resistance to the king ⓘ |
| supports |
absolute monarchy
ⓘ
divinely ordained kingship ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis |
biblical patriarchy
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paternal authority ⓘ |
| usedAs | defense of royal prerogative ⓘ |
| viewOnConsent | rejects political authority based on consent ⓘ |
| viewOnEquality | denies natural equality of men ⓘ |
| viewOnFamilyAndState | equates political society with an extended family ⓘ |
| viewOnNaturalLiberty | denies natural liberty of individuals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patriarcha Description of subject: Patriarcha is a 17th-century political treatise by Sir Robert Filmer that defends the divine right of kings and patriarchal authority against emerging theories of popular sovereignty.
Referenced by (3)
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