Les époques de la nature
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Les époques de la nature is a major 18th-century natural history work by Buffon that presents a speculative, multi-epoch narrative of Earth's formation and development.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les époques de la nature canonical | 1 |
| Époques de la nature | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13219924 — 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: Les époques de la nature Context triple: [Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, notableWork, Les époques de la nature]
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A.
Die Jahreszeiten
Die Jahreszeiten is the German title of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio "The Seasons," a large-scale choral and orchestral work depicting the progression of the four seasons in rural life.
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B.
La Pensée sauvage
La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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C.
Chronique d’un été
Chronique d’un été is a pioneering 1961 French documentary film that helped define cinéma vérité by exploring the everyday lives and opinions of Parisians through innovative observational and participatory techniques.
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D.
Les Nuits d’été
Les Nuits d’été is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Hector Berlioz, celebrated for its lyrical Romantic settings of poems by Théophile Gautier.
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E.
Le Lys dans la vallée
Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
- 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: Les époques de la nature Target entity description: Les époques de la nature is a major 18th-century natural history work by Buffon that presents a speculative, multi-epoch narrative of Earth's formation and development.
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A.
Die Jahreszeiten
Die Jahreszeiten is the German title of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio "The Seasons," a large-scale choral and orchestral work depicting the progression of the four seasons in rural life.
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B.
La Pensée sauvage
La Pensée sauvage is a seminal 1962 anthropological and philosophical work by Claude Lévi-Strauss that explores the structures of human thought through so-called “primitive” classification systems.
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C.
Chronique d’un été
Chronique d’un été is a pioneering 1961 French documentary film that helped define cinéma vérité by exploring the everyday lives and opinions of Parisians through innovative observational and participatory techniques.
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D.
Les Nuits d’été
Les Nuits d’été is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Hector Berlioz, celebrated for its lyrical Romantic settings of poems by Théophile Gautier.
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E.
Le Lys dans la vallée
Le Lys dans la vallée is a 1835 novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays an intense, unfulfilled love affair set against the backdrop of French provincial society, and is considered one of his major works in La Comédie humaine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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natural history work ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ |
| author |
Buffon
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon ⓘ
linked to:
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
changes in climate over geological time
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changes in sea level over geological time ⓘ emergence and distribution of living beings ⓘ multi-epoch narrative of Earth’s development ⓘ progressive transformation of the Earth ⓘ successive ages of nature ⓘ |
| genre |
cosmogony
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earth science ⓘ natural history ⓘ scientific speculation ⓘ |
| hasPart | series of epochs of nature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
long duration of geological processes
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relationship between Earth’s physical changes and living beings ⓘ temporal succession of natural states ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
pre-Darwinian natural history
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pre-modern geology ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century naturalists
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history of geology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
learned public
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readers of scientific and philosophical works ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
formation of the Earth
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geological epochs ⓘ history of the Earth ⓘ natural history of the globe ⓘ |
| movement |
Enlightenment science
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French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early attempt at a deep-time history of the Earth
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influence on later geology and natural history ⓘ speculative account of Earth’s formation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
critique of literal scriptural geology
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naturalism ⓘ |
| positionInAuthorWork | late work of Buffon ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
naturalistic explanation of Earth’s history
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rejection of strictly biblical chronology for Earth’s age ⓘ |
| workPeriod | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
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Subject: Les époques de la nature Description of subject: Les époques de la nature is a major 18th-century natural history work by Buffon that presents a speculative, multi-epoch narrative of Earth's formation and development.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
Georges-Louis
linked to: Les époques de la nature