La Contagion sacrée
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La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
All labels observed (1)
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| La Contagion sacrée canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Contagion sacrée Context triple: [Baron d'Holbach, notableWork, La Contagion sacrée]
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La Curée
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- 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: La Contagion sacrée Target entity description: La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
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A.
The Strain
The Strain is a horror drama franchise—best known as a TV series—about a vampiric plague overtaking New York City, co-created by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
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B.
The Germ
The Germ was a short-lived 1850 periodical founded by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to promote their artistic and literary ideals.
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C.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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D.
La Curée
La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
critique of religion ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| advocates |
critique of superstition
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reason ⓘ secular morality ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
anti-clericalism
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critique of Christianity ⓘ |
| author |
Baron d'Holbach
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Baron d'Holbach ⓘ
surface form:
Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
moral corruption caused by religion
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organized religion ⓘ political influence of religion ⓘ priesthood ⓘ religious authority ⓘ social power of churches ⓘ superstition ⓘ |
| era | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| genre | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Age of Enlightenment
ⓘ
surface form:
European Enlightenment
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| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
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French materialism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educated lay readers
ⓘ
freethinkers ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
morality
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organized religion ⓘ religion ⓘ superstition ⓘ |
| movement | French Enlightenment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
argument for secular ethics
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attack on religious superstition ⓘ radical critique of religion ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
freedom of thought
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relationship between religion and morality ⓘ social effects of religion ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
atheist philosophy
ⓘ
materialism ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Baron d'Holbach ⓘ |
| workType | polemical treatise ⓘ |
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