Lodovico Settembrini
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Italian intellectual
fictional character
humanist
liberal
literary character
mentor figure
rationalist
Lodovico Settembrini is a humanist Italian intellectual in Thomas Mann’s novel "The Magic Mountain," serving as a rational, liberal mentor and ideological foil within the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lodovico Settembrini canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian intellectual
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ humanist ⓘ liberal ⓘ literary character ⓘ mentor figure ⓘ rationalist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Magic Mountain ⓘ |
| basedOn | Italian patriot tradition ⓘ |
| communicatesThrough | essays and speeches within the narrative ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | modernist novel ⓘ |
| ideologicalStance |
Enlightenment rationalism
ⓘ
liberal humanism ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
didactic voice in the novel
ⓘ
embodiment of Western liberal tradition ⓘ moral guide for the protagonist ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| opposes |
Leo Naphta
ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ irrationalism ⓘ mysticism ⓘ reactionary politics ⓘ |
| philosophicalAlignment |
Age of Enlightenment
ⓘ
surface form:
Enlightenment
liberalism ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Hans Castorp
ⓘ
Leo Naphta ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
advocate of progress
ⓘ
defender of humanism ⓘ ideological foil ⓘ mentor to Hans Castorp ⓘ opponent of irrationalism ⓘ spokesman for Enlightenment values ⓘ |
| setting | sanatorium at Davos ⓘ |
| supports |
civic responsibility
ⓘ
democracy ⓘ education ⓘ individual freedom ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre–World War I Europe ⓘ |
| viewsOnArt |
art should promote progress
ⓘ
art should serve humanity ⓘ |
| viewsOnEducation | education as tool of emancipation ⓘ |
| viewsOnPolitics | supports parliamentary liberalism ⓘ |
| viewsOnReligion | critical of clericalism ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.