Emer de Vattel
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Emer de Vattel was an 18th-century Swiss legal philosopher best known for his influential treatise "The Law of Nations," which shaped modern international law and diplomatic practice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emer de Vattel canonical | 9 |
| de Vattel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T393731 — 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: Emer de Vattel Context triple: [Hugo Grotius, influenced, Emer de Vattel]
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A.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
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B.
Samuel Pufendorf
Samuel Pufendorf was a 17th-century German jurist, political philosopher, and early theorist of natural law whose writings significantly shaped modern ideas about international law and the state.
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C.
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a pioneering 17th-century Dutch jurist, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as a founding figure of international law.
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D.
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a 17th-century French philosopher and skeptic whose critical writings on religion and tolerance profoundly shaped Enlightenment thought.
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E.
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.
- 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: Emer de Vattel Target entity description: Emer de Vattel was an 18th-century Swiss legal philosopher best known for his influential treatise "The Law of Nations," which shaped modern international law and diplomatic practice.
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A.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
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B.
Samuel Pufendorf
Samuel Pufendorf was a 17th-century German jurist, political philosopher, and early theorist of natural law whose writings significantly shaped modern ideas about international law and the state.
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C.
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a pioneering 17th-century Dutch jurist, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as a founding figure of international law.
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D.
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a 17th-century French philosopher and skeptic whose critical writings on religion and tolerance profoundly shaped Enlightenment thought.
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E.
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss jurist
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diplomat ⓘ legal philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1714-04-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Couvet
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Principality of Neuchâtel ⓘ Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederacy
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| citizenship |
Principality of Neuchâtel
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Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss Confederacy
|
| deathDate | 1767-12-28 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
The Law of Nations
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surface form:
The Law of Nations; or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns
|
| educatedAt |
University of Basel
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University of Geneva ⓘ |
| employer | Electorate of Saxony ⓘ |
| familyName |
Emer de Vattel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Vattel
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| fieldOfWork |
international law
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natural law theory ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | legal treatise ⓘ |
| givenName | Emer ⓘ |
| hasPublicationYear | 1758 ⓘ |
| influenced |
American constitutional thought
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diplomatic practice in the 18th century ⓘ founders of the United States ⓘ international law doctrine of state sovereignty ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian Wolff
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Hugo Grotius ⓘ Samuel Pufendorf ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel von Pufendorf
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| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| notableIdea |
doctrine of neutral rights in wartime
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equality of sovereign states in international law ⓘ link between natural law and the law of nations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De jure naturae et gentium
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surface form:
Le Droit des gens
The Law of Nations ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
councillor at the court of Saxony
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diplomat of Saxony ⓘ |
| primaryTopicOf | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emer_de_Vattel ⓘ |
| residence |
Dresden
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Neuchâtel ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Dresden
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Neuchâtel ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de Vattel
subject surface form:
Book I (De iure belli ac pacis)