L'Usage des plaisirs
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L'Usage des plaisirs is Michel Foucault’s second volume of *The History of Sexuality*, examining how ancient Greek practices and ethical self-formation shaped attitudes toward pleasure and sexual conduct.
All labels observed (1)
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| L'Usage des plaisirs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L'Usage des plaisirs Context triple: [The History of Sexuality, Volume 2: The Use of Pleasure, originalTitle, L'Usage des plaisirs]
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Le Bon Plaisir
Le Bon Plaisir is a French political comedy-drama film featuring Michel Serrault in a prominent role.
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B.
Plaisir d’amour
"Plaisir d’amour" is a classic 18th-century French love song, widely known through numerous interpretations including a popular rendition by Nana Mouskouri.
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C.
La Réjouissance
La Réjouissance is a jubilant, celebratory movement from George Frideric Handel’s orchestral suite Music for the Royal Fireworks, known for its triumphant, dance-like character.
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D.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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E.
Plaisir
Plaisir is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France, known for its residential areas and proximity to Paris.
- 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: L'Usage des plaisirs Target entity description: L'Usage des plaisirs is Michel Foucault’s second volume of *The History of Sexuality*, examining how ancient Greek practices and ethical self-formation shaped attitudes toward pleasure and sexual conduct.
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A.
Le Bon Plaisir
Le Bon Plaisir is a French political comedy-drama film featuring Michel Serrault in a prominent role.
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B.
Plaisir d’amour
"Plaisir d’amour" is a classic 18th-century French love song, widely known through numerous interpretations including a popular rendition by Nana Mouskouri.
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C.
La Réjouissance
La Réjouissance is a jubilant, celebratory movement from George Frideric Handel’s orchestral suite Music for the Royal Fireworks, known for its triumphant, dance-like character.
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D.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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E.
Plaisir
Plaisir is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France, known for its residential areas and proximity to Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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volume of The History of Sexuality ⓘ |
| analyzes |
Greek moralists
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medical writings of ancient Greece ⓘ philosophical writings of Aristotle ⓘ philosophical writings of Plato ⓘ |
| author | Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| basedOn | close readings of ancient Greek texts ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
ethical subjectivation
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self-mastery ⓘ temperance ⓘ use of pleasures ⓘ |
| contributorTo |
contemporary queer theory
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ethics of subjectivity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
ethical self-constitution
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practices of pleasure in ancient Greece ⓘ relations between pleasure and moderation ⓘ sexual conduct in Greek antiquity ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ancient Greek culture
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classical antiquity ⓘ |
| follows | La Volonté de savoir ⓘ |
| genre |
history of ideas
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intellectual history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
formation of ethical subjects through practices of pleasure
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historical contingency of sexual norms ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L'Usage des plaisirs ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The History of Sexuality ⓘ |
| precedes | Le Souci de soi ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| subject |
aesthetics of existence
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ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ ethics ⓘ history of sexuality ⓘ self-formation ⓘ sexual ethics ⓘ |
| theorizes |
care of the self
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technologies of the self ⓘ |
| translatedAs | The Use of Pleasure ⓘ |
| translationLanguage | English ⓘ |
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The History of Sexuality