De l’amitié
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De l’amitié is a philosophical essay by Michel de Montaigne in which he reflects on the nature, depth, and rarity of true friendship.
All labels observed (1)
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| De l’amitié canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10642730 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De l’amitié Context triple: [Of Friendship, originalTitle, De l’amitié]
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A.
L’Amitié
L’Amitié is a collection of essays by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that reflects on literature, friendship, and the nature of writing through meditative, fragmentary prose.
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B.
Éloge de l’amour
Éloge de l’amour is a 2001 French film by Jean-Luc Godard that meditates on memory, history, and the nature of love through an experimental, essay-like narrative style.
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C.
Les Amours
Les Amours is a celebrated 16th-century sonnet sequence by Pierre de Ronsard that helped establish him as a leading poet of the French Renaissance.
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D.
Les Amants
Les Amants is a 1958 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle, noted for its controversial portrayal of female desire and its role in challenging cinematic censorship standards.
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E.
Les Engagés
Les Engagés is a centrist, reformist political party in Belgium that emerged from the rebranding of the former Christian democratic party cdH.
- 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: De l’amitié Target entity description: De l’amitié is a philosophical essay by Michel de Montaigne in which he reflects on the nature, depth, and rarity of true friendship.
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A.
L’Amitié
L’Amitié is a collection of essays by French writer and philosopher Maurice Blanchot that reflects on literature, friendship, and the nature of writing through meditative, fragmentary prose.
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B.
Éloge de l’amour
Éloge de l’amour is a 2001 French film by Jean-Luc Godard that meditates on memory, history, and the nature of love through an experimental, essay-like narrative style.
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C.
Les Amours
Les Amours is a celebrated 16th-century sonnet sequence by Pierre de Ronsard that helped establish him as a leading poet of the French Renaissance.
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D.
Les Amants
Les Amants is a 1958 French romantic drama film directed by Louis Malle, noted for its controversial portrayal of female desire and its role in challenging cinematic censorship standards.
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E.
Les Engagés
Les Engagés is a centrist, reformist political party in Belgium that emerged from the rebranding of the former Christian democratic party cdH.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| asserts |
true friendship involves complete sharing of minds and wills
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true friendship is disinterested and not based on utility ⓘ true friendship is extremely rare ⓘ |
| author | Michel de Montaigne ⓘ |
| comparesTo |
kinship ties
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ordinary companionship ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Étienne de La Boétie ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
equality between friends
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ideal friendship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ mutual trust ⓘ self-knowledge through friendship ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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philosophy of friendship ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later reflections on friendship in modern philosophy
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literary treatments of friendship in French literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigureDiscussed | Étienne de La Boétie ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic text on friendship ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
anecdotal
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introspective ⓘ skeptical ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cicero’s De amicitia
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linked to:
Laelius de amicitia
Classical philosophy ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
first-person reflection
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personal essay ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional and spiritual bonds between friends
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friendship ⓘ nature of true friendship ⓘ rarity of perfect friendship ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Montaigne’s Essais ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | friendship as one of the highest human bonds ⓘ |
| philosophicalSubject |
ethics
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moral psychology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Essais, Book I
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linked to:
Essais
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| studiedIn |
French literature
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ethics courses ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ |
| workIncludedIn | Essais ⓘ |
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Subject: De l’amitié Description of subject: De l’amitié is a philosophical essay by Michel de Montaigne in which he reflects on the nature, depth, and rarity of true friendship.
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subject linked to:
“Of Friendship”