Le Bon Sens
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Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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| Le Bon Sens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Bon Sens Context triple: [Baron d'Holbach, notableWork, Le Bon Sens]
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A.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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B.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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C.
La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.
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D.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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E.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Bon Sens Target entity description: Le Bon Sens is an 18th-century philosophical work by Baron d'Holbach that presents a rigorous materialist and atheist critique of religion and superstition.
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A.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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B.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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C.
La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.
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D.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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E.
La Moisson
La Moisson is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Émile Bernard, exemplifying his early synthetist style and interest in rural, agrarian themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| advocates |
empirical thinking
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moral philosophy without religion ⓘ use of reason ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
materialism
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naturalism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| author |
Baron d'Holbach
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Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach ⓘ
linked to:
Baron d'Holbach
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| circulation |
clandestine literature
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underground Enlightenment press ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Christianity
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organized religion ⓘ priesthood ⓘ superstition ⓘ theism ⓘ |
| genre |
freethought literature
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philosophy ⓘ religion critique ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
European Enlightenment
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linked to:
Age of Enlightenment
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| influenced |
19th-century freethinkers
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later atheist thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
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French materialism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general educated public ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | French ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
atheism
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critique of religion ⓘ critique of superstition ⓘ materialist worldview ⓘ reason and rationalism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Enlightenment philosophy
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atheism ⓘ materialism ⓘ |
| positionOnReligion |
anti-religious
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atheist ⓘ |
| positionOnSuperstition | critical ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| viewOnClergy | hostile ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | denies existence of God ⓘ |
| viewOnMiracles | rejects miracles ⓘ |
| viewOnNature | nature as self-sufficient ⓘ |
| viewOnSoul | denies immaterial soul ⓘ |
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