God and the State
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God and the State is a seminal anarchist and atheist treatise by Mikhail Bakunin that critiques religion and the state as instruments of oppression and argues for human freedom and rationalism.
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| God and the State canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: God and the State Context triple: [Mikhail Bakunin, notableWork, God and the State]
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A.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
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B.
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates is a seminal political-philosophical essay by Wilhelm von Humboldt that argues for limiting state intervention to protect individual freedom and self-development.
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C.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
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D.
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on the rational foundations of religion and the relationship between morality and religious belief.
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E.
Perpetual Peace
Perpetual Peace is a philosophical essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a framework of political and legal principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between nations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: God and the State Target entity description: God and the State is a seminal anarchist and atheist treatise by Mikhail Bakunin that critiques religion and the state as instruments of oppression and argues for human freedom and rationalism.
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A.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
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B.
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates
Über die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staates is a seminal political-philosophical essay by Wilhelm von Humboldt that argues for limiting state intervention to protect individual freedom and self-development.
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C.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
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D.
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason
Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason is Immanuel Kant’s major philosophical work on the rational foundations of religion and the relationship between morality and religious belief.
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E.
Perpetual Peace
Perpetual Peace is a philosophical essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a framework of political and legal principles aimed at achieving lasting peace between nations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anarchist literature
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atheist literature ⓘ book ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| advocates |
abolition of the state
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anti-theism ⓘ human freedom ⓘ rationalism ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ |
| author | Mikhail Bakunin ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between authority and liberty
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critique of divine authority ⓘ emancipation through reason ⓘ religion as an instrument of oppression ⓘ the state as an instrument of oppression ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Christianity
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authoritarianism ⓘ religion ⓘ statism ⓘ universal Church ⓘ
surface form:
the Church
the state ⓘ theocracy ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| genre |
anarchism
ⓘ
anti-clericalism ⓘ atheism ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| incompleteWork | true ⓘ |
| influenced |
anarchist movement
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anti-clerical movements ⓘ secularist thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
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French materialism ⓘ Ludwig Feuerbach ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement | classical anarchism ⓘ |
| notableFor | systematic critique of religion and the state from an anarchist perspective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Dieu et l'État ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
collectivist anarchism
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materialism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1882 ⓘ |
| title | God and the State self-link ⓘ |
| writtenYear |
1871
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1872 ⓘ |
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