Le Dernier Homme
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Le Dernier Homme is a philosophical novel by French writer Maurice Blanchot that explores themes of solitude, language, and the limits of human existence in a fragmented, experimental narrative form.
All labels observed (1)
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| Le Dernier Homme canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7168706 — 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: Le Dernier Homme Context triple: [Maurice Blanchot, wrote, Le Dernier Homme]
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A.
Jacques le fataliste et son maître
Jacques le fataliste et son maître is an 18th-century philosophical novel by Denis Diderot that playfully explores fate, free will, and storytelling through the conversations and adventures of a servant and his master.
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B.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
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C.
De l'esprit
De l'esprit is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Claude Adrien Helvétius that argues human behavior and morality are shaped primarily by sensation, self-interest, and social conditions.
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D.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
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E.
Le Rêve de d’Alembert
Le Rêve de d’Alembert is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that explores materialism, consciousness, and the nature of life through an imagined dream of the mathematician Jean le Rond d’Alembert.
- 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: Le Dernier Homme Target entity description: Le Dernier Homme is a philosophical novel by French writer Maurice Blanchot that explores themes of solitude, language, and the limits of human existence in a fragmented, experimental narrative form.
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A.
Jacques le fataliste et son maître
Jacques le fataliste et son maître is an 18th-century philosophical novel by Denis Diderot that playfully explores fate, free will, and storytelling through the conversations and adventures of a servant and his master.
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B.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
-
C.
De l'esprit
De l'esprit is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Claude Adrien Helvétius that argues human behavior and morality are shaped primarily by sensation, self-interest, and social conditions.
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D.
La Condition humaine
La Condition humaine is a 1933 existential and political novel by André Malraux set during the 1927 Chinese revolution, exploring human destiny, commitment, and revolutionary struggle.
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E.
Le Rêve de d’Alembert
Le Rêve de d’Alembert is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that explores materialism, consciousness, and the nature of life through an imagined dream of the mathematician Jean le Rond d’Alembert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Maurice Blanchot ⓘ |
| concerns |
experience of the outside
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limits of representation ⓘ relation between language and being ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
boundary between life and death
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disintegration of narrative self ⓘ experience of radical solitude ⓘ impersonal voice ⓘ silence in language ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental literature
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
literary theory
ⓘ
philosophical readings of literature ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French modernism
ⓘ
postwar French literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
experimental narrative
ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
abstract
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nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on interiority
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highly abstract style ⓘ minimal plot ⓘ philosophical density ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
20th-century continental philosophy
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existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Aminadab
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L’Arrêt de mort ⓘ Thomas l’Obscur ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
fragmentation ⓘ language ⓘ limits of human existence ⓘ solitude ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| workOf | Maurice Blanchot ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Le Dernier Homme Description of subject: Le Dernier Homme is a philosophical novel by French writer Maurice Blanchot that explores themes of solitude, language, and the limits of human existence in a fragmented, experimental narrative form.
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