De ziekte der geleerden
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De ziekte der geleerden is a satirical and moralistic work by Dutch poet and scholar Willem Bilderdijk that critiques the intellectual pretensions and moral failings of learned people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De ziekte der geleerden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13305775 — 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: De ziekte der geleerden Context triple: [Willem Bilderdijk, notableWork, De ziekte der geleerden]
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A estudante
A estudante is a significant modernist painting by Brazilian artist Anita Malfatti, exemplifying her bold, expressionist style that helped spark Brazil’s early 20th-century modern art movement.
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B.
La Lettura
La Lettura is a cultural and literary supplement of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, featuring essays, reviews, and in-depth coverage of the arts and ideas.
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C.
Akademikerne
Akademikerne is a Danish confederation representing highly educated professionals and academics in matters of labor rights, wages, and working conditions.
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D.
The Professor’s House
The Professor’s House is a 1925 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of personal disillusionment, changing American values, and the conflict between intellectual life and materialism through the story of an aging professor.
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E.
The Encyclopedists
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- 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: De ziekte der geleerden Target entity description: De ziekte der geleerden is a satirical and moralistic work by Dutch poet and scholar Willem Bilderdijk that critiques the intellectual pretensions and moral failings of learned people.
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A.
A estudante
A estudante is a significant modernist painting by Brazilian artist Anita Malfatti, exemplifying her bold, expressionist style that helped spark Brazil’s early 20th-century modern art movement.
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B.
La Lettura
La Lettura is a cultural and literary supplement of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, featuring essays, reviews, and in-depth coverage of the arts and ideas.
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C.
Akademikerne
Akademikerne is a Danish confederation representing highly educated professionals and academics in matters of labor rights, wages, and working conditions.
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D.
The Professor’s House
The Professor’s House is a 1925 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of personal disillusionment, changing American values, and the conflict between intellectual life and materialism through the story of an aging professor.
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E.
The Encyclopedists
"The Encyclopedists" is a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov set in his Foundation universe, focusing on a group of scholars whose faith in pure knowledge is challenged by the political and social realities of a collapsing Galactic Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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moralistic work ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch literature
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Willem Bilderdijk’s didactic works ⓘ |
| author | Willem Bilderdijk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| critiques |
academic vanity
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learned people ⓘ moral hypocrisy among scholars ⓘ rationalist overconfidence ⓘ secularized scholarship ⓘ |
| genre |
moralistic literature
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satire ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTone |
didactic
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moralizing ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective | Christian moralism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | conservative cultural critique ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
education
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intellectual life ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | De ziekte der geleerden ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian ethics
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traditionalist views on scholarship ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated readers ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
moral instruction
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social satire ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Dutch Romanticism
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linked to:
Dutch Romantic movement
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| mainTheme |
abuse of scholarship
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critique of intellectual pretension ⓘ moral failings of learned people ⓘ tension between true wisdom and erudition ⓘ |
| partOf | Willem Bilderdijk’s religious‑moral oeuvre ⓘ |
| workFocus |
character of scholars
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gap between knowledge and virtue ⓘ misuse of learning for status ⓘ |
| workMessage |
erudition without virtue is harmful
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true wisdom requires moral integrity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De ziekte der geleerden Description of subject: De ziekte der geleerden is a satirical and moralistic work by Dutch poet and scholar Willem Bilderdijk that critiques the intellectual pretensions and moral failings of learned people.
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