The Personality of Thoreau
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The Personality of Thoreau is a biographical and critical study that portrays the character, life, and philosophical outlook of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17323567 — 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: The Personality of Thoreau Context triple: [Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, notableWork, The Personality of Thoreau]
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Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873)
Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) is a biographical work by Ellery Channing that portrays the life, character, and philosophy of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
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Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism
"Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism" is a series of talks by Edward Waldo Emerson that interpret and contextualize his father Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy and the broader American Transcendentalist movement.
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The Transcendentalist
"The Transcendentalist" is an 1842 lecture-essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that articulates the core philosophy of American Transcendentalism, emphasizing individual intuition, spiritual insight, and self-reliance over institutional authority.
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Emerson’s collected essays
Emerson’s collected essays is a volume gathering Ralph Waldo Emerson’s influential philosophical and literary writings, including key transcendentalist works such as “Self-Reliance.”
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a play that dramatizes Henry David Thoreau’s act of civil disobedience and his philosophical opposition to the Mexican-American War.
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- 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: The Personality of Thoreau Target entity description: The Personality of Thoreau is a biographical and critical study that portrays the character, life, and philosophical outlook of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
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A.
Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873)
Thoreau, the Poet-Naturalist (1873) is a biographical work by Ellery Channing that portrays the life, character, and philosophy of American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
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B.
Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism
"Lectures on Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalism" is a series of talks by Edward Waldo Emerson that interpret and contextualize his father Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy and the broader American Transcendentalist movement.
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C.
The Transcendentalist
"The Transcendentalist" is an 1842 lecture-essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that articulates the core philosophy of American Transcendentalism, emphasizing individual intuition, spiritual insight, and self-reliance over institutional authority.
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D.
Emerson’s collected essays
Emerson’s collected essays is a volume gathering Ralph Waldo Emerson’s influential philosophical and literary writings, including key transcendentalist works such as “Self-Reliance.”
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E.
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a play that dramatizes Henry David Thoreau’s act of civil disobedience and his philosophical opposition to the Mexican-American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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