Joseph de Maistre
E314186
Catholic thinker
Savoyard
counter-Enlightenment thinker
diplomat
essayist
philosopher
political philosopher
Joseph de Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher, diplomat, and counter-Enlightenment thinker known for his staunch defense of monarchy, Catholicism, and traditional authority in the aftermath of the French Revolution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph de Maistre canonical | 17 |
| Françoise Alexandrine de Maistre | 1 |
| Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2968369 — 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: Joseph de Maistre Context triple: [Against the Current, containsEssayOn, Joseph de Maistre]
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Assis Chateaubriand
Assis Chateaubriand was a powerful Brazilian media magnate, politician, and patron of the arts who played a key role in modernizing Brazil’s press and founding major cultural institutions.
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Friedrich von Gentz
Friedrich von Gentz was a prominent Prussian-Austrian diplomat, political writer, and conservative publicist known for his influential role in European politics during the Napoleonic era and the Congress of Vienna.
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Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne was a French Protestant pastor and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in the early stages of the French Revolution, particularly in advancing religious tolerance and civil rights for Protestants.
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D.
Nicolas de Staël
Nicolas de Staël was a Russian-born French painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, abstract and semi-abstract compositions that bridged post-war abstraction and figurative art.
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Jean-Jacques-Régis
Jean-Jacques-Régis is the given name of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, a prominent French statesman and jurist during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
- 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: Joseph de Maistre Target entity description: Joseph de Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher, diplomat, and counter-Enlightenment thinker known for his staunch defense of monarchy, Catholicism, and traditional authority in the aftermath of the French Revolution.
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A.
Assis Chateaubriand
Assis Chateaubriand was a powerful Brazilian media magnate, politician, and patron of the arts who played a key role in modernizing Brazil’s press and founding major cultural institutions.
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B.
Friedrich von Gentz
Friedrich von Gentz was a prominent Prussian-Austrian diplomat, political writer, and conservative publicist known for his influential role in European politics during the Napoleonic era and the Congress of Vienna.
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C.
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne was a French Protestant pastor and revolutionary politician who played a significant role in the early stages of the French Revolution, particularly in advancing religious tolerance and civil rights for Protestants.
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D.
Nicolas de Staël
Nicolas de Staël was a Russian-born French painter renowned for his thickly impastoed, abstract and semi-abstract compositions that bridged post-war abstraction and figurative art.
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E.
Jean-Jacques-Régis
Jean-Jacques-Régis is the given name of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, a prominent French statesman and jurist during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic thinker
ⓘ
Savoyard ⓘ counter-Enlightenment thinker ⓘ diplomat ⓘ essayist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| birthName |
Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph de Maistre
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1753-04-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1821-02-26 ⓘ |
| era |
18th-century philosophy
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19th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Savoyard
ⓘ
linked to:
Savoyard Arpitan
|
| ideology |
counter-revolutionary thought
ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ ultramontanism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Maurras
ⓘ
French traditionalist school ⓘ
linked to:
Traditionalist School
Juan Donoso Cortés ⓘ conservative political thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
Edmund Burke ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of the Enlightenment
ⓘ
critique of the French Revolution ⓘ defense of monarchy ⓘ defense of papal authority ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Counter-Enlightenment
ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ traditionalism ⓘ |
| name | Joseph de Maistre ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Considérations sur la France
ⓘ
Du Pape ⓘ Essai sur le principe générateur des constitutions politiques ⓘ Les Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ philosopher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Catholic traditionalism
ⓘ
political realism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chambéry
ⓘ
Duchy of Savoy ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of Sardinia
ⓘ
Turin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Senator of Savoy
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ambassador of the Kingdom of Sardinia to Russia ⓘ minister of state to the King of Sardinia ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in political philosophy ⓘ |
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Referenced by (19)
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