GraphGists

Philosophers

Initialize Graph

      CREATE
          ( plato:Philosopher     {name:'Plato', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/resource/Plato' })
        , ( aristotle:Philosopher { name: 'Aristotle' , uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/resource/Aristotle' })
        , ( platonism_school:School { name: 'Platonism', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/resource/Platonism' })
        , ( peripatetic_school:School { name: 'Peripatetic school', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/resource/Peripatetic_school' })
        , ( philo_tradition:SchoolType { name: 'Philosophical traditions', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/class/yago/PhilosophicalTraditions' })
        , ( philo_movement:SchoolType { name: 'Philosophical movements', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/class/yago/PhilosophicalMovements' })
        , ( philo_ancient_school:SchoolType { name: 'Ancient philosophical schools and traditions', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/class/yago/AncientPhilosophicalSchoolsAndTraditions' })
        , ( tradition:SchoolType { name: 'tradition', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/class/yago/Tradition105809745' })
        , ( movement:SchoolType { name: 'movement', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/class/yago/Motion100331950' })
        , ( school:SchoolType { name: 'school', uri: 'https://dbpedia.org/class/yago/School108276720' })
        , plato-[:INFLUENCES]->aristotle
        , plato-[:MEMBER_OF]->platonism_school
        , aristotle-[:MEMBER_OF]->peripatetic_school
        , platonism_school-[:TYPE_OF]->philo_tradition
        , platonism_school-[:TYPE_OF]->philo_movement
        , peripatetic_school-[:TYPE_OF]->philo_movement
        , peripatetic_school-[:TYPE_OF]->philo_ancient_school
        , philo_ancient_school-[:SUBCLASS_OF]->school
        , philo_movement-[:SUBCLASS_OF]->movement
        , philo_tradition-[:SUBCLASS_OF]->tradition

query for philosophers with school type class

       MATCH (p1:Philosopher)-[:MEMBER_OF]->(s1:School)-[:TYPE_OF]->(st1:SchoolType)-[:SUBCLASS_OF]->(stc1:SchoolType)
       WHERE  stc1.name = 'movement'
       RETURN p1.name as p1Name, s1.name as s1Name, st1.name as st1Name, stc1.name as stc1Name

query for influential philosophers from the same school type

       MATCH (st2:SchoolType)<-[:TYPE_OF]-(s2:School)<-[:MEMBER_OF]-(p2:Philosopher)<-[:INFLUENCES]-(p1:Philosopher)-[:MEMBER_OF]->(s1:School)-[:TYPE_OF]->(st1:SchoolType)
       WHERE  st2 = st1 // node equality
       RETURN p1.name as p1Name, s1.name as s1Name, st1.name as st1Name, p2.name as p2Name, s2.name as s2Name, st2.name as st2Name

query for influential philosophers from the same school type class

       MATCH p=(st2:SchoolType)<-[:TYPE_OF]-(s2:School)<-[:MEMBER_OF]-(p2:Philosopher)<-[:INFLUENCES]-(p1:Philosopher)-[:MEMBER_OF]->(s1:School)-[:TYPE_OF]->(st1:SchoolType)-[:SUBCLASS_OF]->(stc:SchoolType)
       WHERE (stc)<-[:SUBCLASS_OF]-(st2)
       RETURN p1.name as p1Name, s1.name as s1Name, st1.name as st1Name, p2.name as p2Name, s2.name as s2Name, st2.name as st2Name, stc.name as stcName