Le Contrat naturel
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Le Contrat naturel is a philosophical work by Michel Serres that argues for redefining the relationship between humanity and nature as a kind of legal and ethical contract.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Natural Contract | 2 |
| Le Contrat naturel canonical | 1 |
| natural contract | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11737491 — 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 Contrat naturel Context triple: [Michel Serres, notableWork, Le Contrat naturel]
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A.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract is a seminal 1762 political philosophy treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues legitimate government is based on a collective agreement formed by the general will of the people.
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B.
Charter of the Social Contract
The Charter of the Social Contract is the foundational constitutional document of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, outlining its system of democratic self-governance, pluralism, and gender equality.
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C.
Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement
"Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement" is the original French subtitle of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's seminal 1840 anarchist and socialist treatise commonly known in English as "What is Property?".
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D.
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes is a seminal political essay by Benjamin Constant that contrasts ancient collective political liberty with modern individual civil liberty, shaping liberal thought in the 19th century and beyond.
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E.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.
- 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 Contrat naturel Target entity description: Le Contrat naturel is a philosophical work by Michel Serres that argues for redefining the relationship between humanity and nature as a kind of legal and ethical contract.
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A.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract is a seminal 1762 political philosophy treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau that argues legitimate government is based on a collective agreement formed by the general will of the people.
-
B.
Charter of the Social Contract
The Charter of the Social Contract is the foundational constitutional document of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, outlining its system of democratic self-governance, pluralism, and gender equality.
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C.
Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement
"Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement" is the original French subtitle of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's seminal 1840 anarchist and socialist treatise commonly known in English as "What is Property?".
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D.
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes
De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes is a seminal political essay by Benjamin Constant that contrasts ancient collective political liberty with modern individual civil liberty, shaping liberal thought in the 19th century and beyond.
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E.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
globalization of environmental risks
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moral responsibility for future generations ⓘ technological impact on the environment ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
provide a conceptual basis for ecological responsibility
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reformulate the social contract to include the natural world ⓘ |
| arguesFor | redefining the relationship between humanity and nature as a contract ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French contemporary philosophy
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postmodern philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Michel Serres ⓘ |
| callsFor |
new legal framework including nature as a party
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rethinking human sovereignty over nature ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | purely instrumental views of nature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| critiques | traditional social contract theories that exclude nature ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ecological crisis
ⓘ
limits of anthropocentrism ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasForm |
essay
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non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
global ecological interdependence
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nature as a legal subject ⓘ symmetry between humans and nonhumans ⓘ |
| hasReception |
cited in debates on rights of nature
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discussed in eco-criticism ⓘ influential in environmental humanities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment social contract theory
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linked to:
Enlightenment philosophy
contemporary environmental concerns ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ethical obligations toward nature
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legal status of nature ⓘ relationship between humanity and nature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
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philosophy of science ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
non-anthropocentric ethics
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recognition of nature as interlocutor ⓘ |
| proposes | extension of rights and duties to the natural world ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
natural contract
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linked to:
Le Contrat naturel
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| relatedTo |
climate change discourse
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ecology ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ legal philosophy ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| workOf | Michel Serres ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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subject linked to:
Serres
linked to: Le Contrat naturel
linked to: Le Contrat naturel
linked to: Le Contrat naturel