La Recherche de l’absolu
E310115
La Recherche de l’absolu is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores obsession, alchemy, and the destructive pursuit of scientific perfection within a bourgeois family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Recherche de l’absolu canonical | 2 |
| La Recherche de l’absolu (without typographical variations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901475 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Recherche de l’absolu Context triple: [La Comédie humaine, hasPart, La Recherche de l’absolu]
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A.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
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B.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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C.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
The Transcendental Temptation
The Transcendental Temptation is a seminal work of secular humanism and skepticism in which philosopher Paul Kurtz critically examines religious and paranormal claims, arguing for a naturalistic, evidence-based worldview.
- 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: La Recherche de l’absolu Target entity description: La Recherche de l’absolu is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores obsession, alchemy, and the destructive pursuit of scientific perfection within a bourgeois family.
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A.
Mirour de l’Omme
Mirour de l’Omme is a lengthy Middle French moral and allegorical poem by John Gower that explores human sin, virtue, and the nature of society.
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B.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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C.
The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
The Transcendental Temptation
The Transcendental Temptation is a seminal work of secular humanism and skepticism in which philosopher Paul Kurtz critically examines religious and paranormal claims, arguing for a naturalistic, evidence-based worldview.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| concerns |
financial ruin caused by scientific experiments
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pursuit of the absolute in chemistry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| cycleWithinLaComédieHumaine |
Scènes de la vie privée et publique
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surface form:
Scènes de la vie privée
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| explores |
conflict between science and family duties
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moral consequences of scientific research ⓘ ruin of a bourgeois household ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
family novel
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philosophical novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
La Recherche de l’absolu
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La Recherche de l’absolu (without typographical variations)
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| hasApproximatePublicationPeriod | 1830s ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| includedInBalzacClassification | Études de mœurs ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Balthazar Claës
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Madame Claës ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alchemy
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bourgeois family life ⓘ destructive pursuit of perfection ⓘ obsession ⓘ scientific ambition ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| series | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| setting |
Douai
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Flanders ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: La Recherche de l’absolu Description of subject: La Recherche de l’absolu is a novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores obsession, alchemy, and the destructive pursuit of scientific perfection within a bourgeois family.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
La Recherche de l’absolu
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hasAlternativeSpelling
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La Recherche de l’absolu
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
La Recherche de l’absolu (without typographical variations)