Rights of Man
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Rights of Man is Thomas Paine’s influential 1791–92 political treatise defending the French Revolution and arguing for natural rights, popular sovereignty, and social reforms.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rights of Man canonical | 6 |
| The Rights of Man | 2 |
| Rights of Man, Part I | 1 |
| Rights of Man, Part II | 1 |
| Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution | 1 |
| Thomas Paine's Rights of Man | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3153242 — 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: Rights of Man Context triple: [Thomas Paine, notableWork, Rights of Man]
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A.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men
A Vindication of the Rights of Men is an early political treatise by Mary Wollstonecraft that defends republican and egalitarian principles while attacking aristocratic privilege and Edmund Burke’s conservative views.
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B.
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
"Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents" is a 1770 political pamphlet by Edmund Burke criticizing the British government's policies and defending constitutional monarchy and party politics.
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C.
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice is an influential 1793 philosophical treatise by William Godwin that critiques existing political institutions and advocates rational anarchism and social reform.
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D.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France is a 1790 political treatise by Edmund Burke that offers a seminal conservative critique of the French Revolution and defense of traditional institutions.
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E.
Intelligence without representation
"Intelligence without Representation" is a seminal 1991 paper by roboticist Rodney Brooks that challenges traditional symbolic AI and advocates for behavior-based, embodied approaches to intelligence.
- 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: Rights of Man Target entity description: Rights of Man is Thomas Paine’s influential 1791–92 political treatise defending the French Revolution and arguing for natural rights, popular sovereignty, and social reforms.
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A.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men
A Vindication of the Rights of Men is an early political treatise by Mary Wollstonecraft that defends republican and egalitarian principles while attacking aristocratic privilege and Edmund Burke’s conservative views.
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B.
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
"Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents" is a 1770 political pamphlet by Edmund Burke criticizing the British government's policies and defending constitutional monarchy and party politics.
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C.
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice is an influential 1793 philosophical treatise by William Godwin that critiques existing political institutions and advocates rational anarchism and social reform.
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D.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France is a 1790 political treatise by Edmund Burke that offers a seminal conservative critique of the French Revolution and defense of traditional institutions.
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E.
Intelligence without representation
"Intelligence without Representation" is a seminal 1991 paper by roboticist Rodney Brooks that challenges traditional symbolic AI and advocates for behavior-based, embodied approaches to intelligence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| advocatesConcept |
natural rights
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popular sovereignty ⓘ progressive taxation ⓘ representative government ⓘ republican government ⓘ welfare provisions ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
Rights of Man
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surface form:
Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
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| author | Thomas Paine ⓘ |
| causedEvent | prosecution of Thomas Paine for seditious libel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| criticizesAuthor | Edmund Burke ⓘ |
| criticizesWork | Reflections on the Revolution in France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | George Washington ⓘ |
| genre |
pamphlet literature
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political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasCentralTheme |
legitimacy of government based on consent of the governed
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rights derived from nature rather than tradition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Rights of Man
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rights of Man, Part I
Rights of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rights of Man, Part II
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| influenced |
human rights discourse
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liberal political thought ⓘ republican movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Revolutionary era
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surface form:
American Revolution
Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtPublication | considered seditious in Britain ⓘ |
| opposesConcept |
aristocracy
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hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
classical liberalism
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radical republicanism ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| publicationEndYear | 1792 ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | two-part work ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1791 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. S. Jordan ⓘ |
| subject |
French Revolution
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democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ monarchy criticism ⓘ natural rights ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ republicanism ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| supportsEvent | French Revolution ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Age of Revolutions
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surface form:
Age of Revolution
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| title | Rights of Man self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Rights of Man Description of subject: Rights of Man is Thomas Paine’s influential 1791–92 political treatise defending the French Revolution and arguing for natural rights, popular sovereignty, and social reforms.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
this entity surface form:
Rights of Man, Part I
this entity surface form:
Rights of Man, Part II
this entity surface form:
Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
subject surface form:
Thomas Paine
subject surface form:
Thomas Paine
this entity surface form:
The Rights of Man