Prudence
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"Prudence" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, included in his collection "Essays: First Series," that explores the virtue of practical wisdom and its role in everyday life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prudence canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1363937 — 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: Prudence Context triple: [Essays: First Series, hasPart, Prudence]
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Grace
Grace is the central Christian concept of God’s unmerited favor and loving initiative toward humanity, enabling salvation and spiritual transformation.
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Grace
"Grace" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2000 album *All That You Can’t Leave Behind*.
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Wise
Wise is a surname shared by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, politics, and academia.
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D.
Patience
Patience is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that offers a moral and religious meditation on the virtue of patient endurance through the biblical story of Jonah.
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E.
Patience
Patience was a small ship constructed in Bermuda by the survivors of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck to continue their journey to the Jamestown colony in Virginia.
- 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: Prudence Target entity description: "Prudence" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, included in his collection "Essays: First Series," that explores the virtue of practical wisdom and its role in everyday life.
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A.
Grace
Grace is the central Christian concept of God’s unmerited favor and loving initiative toward humanity, enabling salvation and spiritual transformation.
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B.
Grace
"Grace" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2000 album *All That You Can’t Leave Behind*.
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C.
Wise
Wise is a surname shared by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, politics, and academia.
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D.
Patience
Patience is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that offers a moral and religious meditation on the virtue of patient endurance through the biblical story of Jonah.
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E.
Patience
Patience was a small ship constructed in Bermuda by the survivors of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck to continue their journey to the Jamestown colony in Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary work ⓘ |
| author | Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ |
| collection | Essays: First Series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
the balance between moral principle and expediency
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the relation between idealism and practicality ⓘ the role of prudence in daily conduct ⓘ the virtue of prudence ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical essay
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transcendentalist essay ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
harmony between spiritual insight and practical action
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individual judgment ⓘ practical application of moral ideals ⓘ self-reliance in decision-making ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of Emerson's essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Emerson's treatment of prudence as a spiritual as well as practical virtue
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integration of transcendentalist ideas with everyday ethics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | Essays: First Series ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1841 ⓘ |
| subject |
ethics
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everyday life ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ prudence ⓘ |
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Subject: Prudence Description of subject: "Prudence" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, included in his collection "Essays: First Series," that explores the virtue of practical wisdom and its role in everyday life.
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