Gilles Deleuze
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Gilles Deleuze was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his influential work on metaphysics, difference, and desire, and for his collaborations with Félix Guattari on concepts such as rhizomes and deterritorialization.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gilles Deleuze canonical | 35 |
| Deleuze | 1 |
| Gilles Deleuze bibliography | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gilles Deleuze Context triple: [Alfred North Whitehead, influenced, Gilles Deleuze]
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Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influential analyses of power, knowledge, and institutions in works such as "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality."
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Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist known for his influential writings on aesthetics, history, and modernity, including the seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
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Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger was a highly influential 20th-century German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological exploration of Being, especially in his seminal work "Being and Time."
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D.
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."
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E.
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist, musicologist, and leading member of the Frankfurt School known for his critical theory of society and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gilles Deleuze Target entity description: Gilles Deleuze was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his influential work on metaphysics, difference, and desire, and for his collaborations with Félix Guattari on concepts such as rhizomes and deterritorialization.
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A.
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and social theorist known for his influential analyses of power, knowledge, and institutions in works such as "Discipline and Punish" and "The History of Sexuality."
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B.
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist known for his influential writings on aesthetics, history, and modernity, including the seminal essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
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C.
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger was a highly influential 20th-century German philosopher known for his existential and phenomenological exploration of Being, especially in his seminal work "Being and Time."
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D.
Herbert Marcuse
Herbert Marcuse was a German-American philosopher and critical theorist associated with the Frankfurt School, known for his critiques of advanced industrial society and influential works such as "One-Dimensional Man."
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E.
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist, musicologist, and leading member of the Frankfurt School known for his critical theory of society and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century philosopher
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French philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Félix Guattari ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-01-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-11-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
La Sorbonne
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surface form:
Sorbonne
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| employer |
La Sorbonne
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surface form:
Sorbonne
University of Lyon ⓘ
surface form:
Université de Lyon
University of Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis ⓘ
surface form:
Université de Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis
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| familyName |
Gilles Deleuze
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Deleuze
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| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of desire ⓘ philosophy of difference ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Gilles ⓘ |
| hasChild | two children ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary continental philosophy
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cultural studies ⓘ film theory ⓘ literary theory ⓘ political theory ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Henri Bergson ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | French ⓘ |
| movement |
continental philosophy
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post-structuralism ⓘ postmodern philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Gilles Deleuze self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
assemblage
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becoming ⓘ body without organs ⓘ deterritorialization ⓘ difference-in-itself ⓘ immanence ⓘ minor literature ⓘ philosophy of difference ⓘ plane of immanence ⓘ repetition ⓘ rhizome ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Thousand Plateaus
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Anti-Oedipus ⓘ Cinema 1: The Movement-Image ⓘ Cinema 2: The Time-Image ⓘ Coldness and Cruelty ⓘ Difference and Repetition ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ
surface form:
Foucault
Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation ⓘ Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
surface form:
Kant's Critical Philosophy
Logic of Sense ⓘ Nietzsche and Philosophy ⓘ Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time ⓘ
surface form:
Proust and Signs
Spinoza: Practical Philosophy ⓘ What is Philosophy? ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Fanny Deleuze ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Lyon
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Paris ⓘ Vincennes ⓘ |
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Subject: Gilles Deleuze Description of subject: Gilles Deleuze was a 20th-century French philosopher known for his influential work on metaphysics, difference, and desire, and for his collaborations with Félix Guattari on concepts such as rhizomes and deterritorialization.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Deleuze
subject surface form:
Paul-Michel Foucault
this entity surface form:
Gilles Deleuze bibliography