Baron d'Holbach
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Baron d'Holbach was an 18th-century French-German philosopher and prominent atheist known for his materialist and anti-religious writings that helped shape Enlightenment thought.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baron d'Holbach canonical | 8 |
| Baron d’Holbach | 7 |
| Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach | 2 |
| Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach | 2 |
| Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d’Holbach | 1 |
| d’Holbach | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Baron d'Holbach Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorFigure, Baron d'Holbach]
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Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was an 18th-century French philosopher, writer, and co-founder of the Encyclopédie, renowned as a central intellectual of the Enlightenment.
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Voltaire
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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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.
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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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E.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Baron d'Holbach Target entity description: Baron d'Holbach was an 18th-century French-German philosopher and prominent atheist known for his materialist and anti-religious writings that helped shape Enlightenment thought.
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A.
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was an 18th-century French philosopher, writer, and co-founder of the Encyclopédie, renowned as a central intellectual of the Enlightenment.
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B.
Voltaire
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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C.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.
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D.
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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E.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher best known for his theory of the separation of powers, which profoundly shaped modern constitutional government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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atheist ⓘ human ⓘ materialist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ salon host ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Paul-Henri Thiry
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surface form:
Paul-Henri Dietrich
Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
surface form:
Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
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| associatedWith | Encyclopédie ⓘ |
| birthName | Paul-Henri Thiry ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| collaboratedWith | Denis Diderot ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1723-12-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1789-01-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | German ⓘ |
| hosted | Parisian philosophical salon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Helvétius
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surface form:
Claude Adrien Helvétius
Denis Diderot ⓘ French Revolution thinkers ⓘ later secular humanists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Denis Diderot ⓘ John Locke ⓘ Pierre Bayle ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| movement |
French Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| notableIdea |
mechanistic determinism
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radical atheism ⓘ reduction of mind to matter ⓘ religion as superstition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Christianisme dévoilé
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La Contagion sacrée ⓘ Le Bon Sens ⓘ Système de la nature ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
atheism
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determinism ⓘ materialism ⓘ naturalism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld | Baron of Heeze, Leende and Zesgehuchten ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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Subject: Baron d'Holbach Description of subject: Baron d'Holbach was an 18th-century French-German philosopher and prominent atheist known for his materialist and anti-religious writings that helped shape Enlightenment thought.
Referenced by (21)
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