Reason the Only Oracle of Man
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Reason the Only Oracle of Man is an 18th-century deist philosophical treatise by American revolutionary Ethan Allen that argues for reason over revelation in matters of religion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oracle of Man | 1 |
| Reason the Only Oracle of Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9147084 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reason the Only Oracle of Man Context triple: [Ethan Allen, notableWork, Reason the Only Oracle of Man]
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A.
The Oracle and the Mountains
"The Oracle and the Mountains" is a short story segment from Stephen King’s dark fantasy novel *The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger*, following Roland Deschain’s perilous journey toward the Dark Tower.
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B.
Oracles against the nations
Oracles against the nations are a series of prophetic judgments in the Book of Amos that denounce surrounding peoples for their injustices and crimes.
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C.
Woe oracles
Woe oracles are prophetic pronouncements of judgment and impending disaster, typically found in biblical texts as warnings against injustice, idolatry, and moral corruption.
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D.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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E.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
- 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: Reason the Only Oracle of Man Target entity description: Reason the Only Oracle of Man is an 18th-century deist philosophical treatise by American revolutionary Ethan Allen that argues for reason over revelation in matters of religion.
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A.
The Oracle and the Mountains
"The Oracle and the Mountains" is a short story segment from Stephen King’s dark fantasy novel *The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger*, following Roland Deschain’s perilous journey toward the Dark Tower.
-
B.
Oracles against the nations
Oracles against the nations are a series of prophetic judgments in the Book of Amos that denounce surrounding peoples for their injustices and crimes.
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C.
Woe oracles
Woe oracles are prophetic pronouncements of judgment and impending disaster, typically found in biblical texts as warnings against injustice, idolatry, and moral corruption.
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D.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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E.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deist work
ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| advocates |
natural religion based on reason
ⓘ
use of human reason in theology ⓘ |
| asserts | reason is superior to revelation in matters of religion ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Revolution era
ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary era
American deism ⓘ |
| author | Ethan Allen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
Christian orthodoxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicene Christianity
clergy authority ⓘ revealed religion ⓘ |
| genre |
deism
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ religious philosophy ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthorOccupation |
American revolutionary
ⓘ
political leader ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthorRole | Green Mountain Boys leader ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
ⓘ
deist writers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
natural religion
ⓘ
reason ⓘ religion ⓘ revelation ⓘ |
| movement | Deism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| workTitleContains |
Oracle of Man
ⓘ
linked to:
Reason the Only Oracle of Man
Reason ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Reason the Only Oracle of Man Description of subject: Reason the Only Oracle of Man is an 18th-century deist philosophical treatise by American revolutionary Ethan Allen that argues for reason over revelation in matters of religion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Reason the Only Oracle of Man