Reveries of the Solitary Walker

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autobiographical work book essay collection philosophical work

Reveries of the Solitary Walker is a posthumously published autobiographical and philosophical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composed as a series of meditative walks reflecting on his life, society, and nature.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Reveries of the Solitary Walker canonical	15
Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire	2
Rêveries du promeneur solitaire	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T406926 — 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: Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Context triple: [Jean-Jacques Rousseau, notableWork, Reveries of the Solitary Walker]

A. Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
B. Les Solitudes
Les Solitudes is a reflective poetic work by French writer and first Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sully Prudhomme, exploring themes of isolation and inner life.
C. The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun is a romantic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne set in Italy that explores themes of art, guilt, and moral ambiguity through the intertwined lives of four expatriates.
D. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
E. Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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: Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Target entity description: Reveries of the Solitary Walker is a posthumously published autobiographical and philosophical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composed as a series of meditative walks reflecting on his life, society, and nature.

A. Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
B. Les Solitudes
Les Solitudes is a reflective poetic work by French writer and first Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sully Prudhomme, exploring themes of isolation and inner life.
C. The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun is a romantic historical novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne set in Italy that explores themes of art, guilt, and moral ambiguity through the intertwined lives of four expatriates.
D. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
E. Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiographical work ⓘ book ⓘ essay collection ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
focusesOn	Rousseau's feelings of isolation ⓘ Rousseau's later life ⓘ Rousseau's relationship with society ⓘ
genre	autobiography ⓘ essay ⓘ memoir ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
hasPart	Eighth Walk ⓘ Fifth Walk ⓘ First Walk ⓘ Fourth Walk ⓘ Ninth Walk ⓘ Second Walk ⓘ Seventh Walk ⓘ Sixth Walk ⓘ Tenth Walk ⓘ Third Walk ⓘ
influenced	Romantic literature ⓘ autobiographical writing ⓘ modern introspective literature ⓘ
literaryForm	meditative prose ⓘ philosophical meditation ⓘ
mainTheme	memory ⓘ nature ⓘ persecution ⓘ self-reflection ⓘ society and the individual ⓘ solitude ⓘ
movement	Romanticism precursor ⓘ
narrativeForm	first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor	blend of autobiography and philosophy ⓘ defense of solitude ⓘ introspective style ⓘ
numberOfParts	10 ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalTitle	Reveries of the Solitary Walker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire
philosophicalTradition	Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
publicationStatus	posthumous ⓘ
setting	Geneva ⓘ Paris ⓘ nature walks ⓘ
structure	series of walks ⓘ
timeOfComposition	Rousseau's final years ⓘ
title	Reveries of the Solitary Walker self-link ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau → notableWork → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Confessions → relatedWorkByAuthor → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Reveries of the Solitary Walker → title → Reveries of the Solitary Walker self-link ⓘ

Reveries of the Solitary Walker → originalTitle → Reveries of the Solitary Walker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire

Les Charmettes (maison de Jean-Jacques Rousseau) → inspiredWork → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rêveries du promeneur solitaire

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Second Walk → partOf → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Seventh Walk → partOf → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

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Fourth Walk → partOf → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Eighth Walk → partOf → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Eighth Walk → workInSeries → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Eighth Walk → isSectionOf → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Ninth Walk → partOf → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ

Ninth Walk → collectionTitle → Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ