Voltaire
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Voltaire was an influential 18th-century French writer, philosopher, and satirist known for his advocacy of reason, civil liberties, and criticism of religious and political authority.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Voltaire canonical | 122 |
| François-Marie Arouet | 3 |
| François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Voltaire Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorFigure, Voltaire]
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Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
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Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a leading French Neoclassical painter renowned for his politically charged and historically themed works that became closely associated with the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Voltaire Target entity description: Voltaire was an influential 18th-century French writer, philosopher, and satirist known for his advocacy of reason, civil liberties, and criticism of religious and political authority.
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A.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
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B.
David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
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C.
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
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D.
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan Huygens was a 17th-century Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer known for his work on the wave theory of light, the invention of the pendulum clock, and the discovery of Saturn’s moon Titan.
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E.
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David was a leading French Neoclassical painter renowned for his politically charged and historically themed works that became closely associated with the French Revolution and Napoleonic era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment philosopher
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deist ⓘ dramatist ⓘ essayist ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ pamphleteer ⓘ poet ⓘ satirist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| advocated |
civil liberties
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legal reform ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frederick II of Prussia
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surface form:
Frederick the Great
Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ |
| birthName |
Voltaire
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
François-Marie Arouet
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| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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surface form:
Kingdom of France
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| dateOfBirth | 1694-11-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1778-05-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
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surface form:
Collège Louis-le-Grand
|
| genre |
philosophical fiction
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poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Denis Diderot
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French Revolution thinkers ⓘ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Newton
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John Locke ⓘ Pierre Bayle ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of freedom of speech
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advocacy of religious tolerance ⓘ criticism of absolute monarchy ⓘ critique of organized religion ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Candide
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Encyclopédie ⓘ
surface form:
Dictionnaire philosophique
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations ⓘ Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
surface form:
Histoire de Charles XII
La Henriade ⓘ La Princesse de Babylone ⓘ Lettres philosophiques ⓘ Micromégas ⓘ Traité sur la tolérance ⓘ Zadig ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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historian ⓘ novelist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ satirist ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Enlightenment rationalism
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deism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, Kingdom of France
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, Kingdom of France
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| pseudonym | Voltaire ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism (culturally) ⓘ |
| religiousView | deism ⓘ |
| residence |
Cirey, Kingdom of France
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Ferney-Voltaire ⓘ
surface form:
Ferney, Kingdom of France
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| style |
irony
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satire ⓘ wit ⓘ |
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Subject: Voltaire Description of subject: Voltaire was an influential 18th-century French writer, philosopher, and satirist known for his advocacy of reason, civil liberties, and criticism of religious and political authority.
Referenced by (126)
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