The Book of Pleasure
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The Book of Pleasure is an influential occult and mystical text by Austin Osman Spare that outlines his unique theories of magic, the subconscious, and self-realization.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Book of Pleasure canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12194459 — 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: The Book of Pleasure Context triple: [Austin Osman Spare, notableWork, The Book of Pleasure]
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The Child of Pleasure
The Child of Pleasure is an 1889 decadent novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores aristocratic hedonism, aestheticism, and moral decline in late 19th-century Rome.
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The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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C.
The Age of Pleasure
The Age of Pleasure is a 2023 studio album by Janelle Monáe that blends Afrobeat, reggae, funk, and R&B into a sensual, celebratory exploration of queer joy and liberation.
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De voluptate
De voluptate is a 15th-century philosophical dialogue by Lorenzo Valla that critiques medieval scholasticism and defends an Epicurean-influenced view of pleasure as central to the good life.
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E.
Der Garten der Lüste
Der Garten der Lüste is the German title of Hieronymus Bosch’s famous late 15th-century triptych painting depicting Eden, a fantastical world of earthly pleasures, and the torments of Hell.
- 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: The Book of Pleasure Target entity description: The Book of Pleasure is an influential occult and mystical text by Austin Osman Spare that outlines his unique theories of magic, the subconscious, and self-realization.
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A.
The Child of Pleasure
The Child of Pleasure is an 1889 decadent novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores aristocratic hedonism, aestheticism, and moral decline in late 19th-century Rome.
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B.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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C.
The Age of Pleasure
The Age of Pleasure is a 2023 studio album by Janelle Monáe that blends Afrobeat, reggae, funk, and R&B into a sensual, celebratory exploration of queer joy and liberation.
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D.
De voluptate
De voluptate is a 15th-century philosophical dialogue by Lorenzo Valla that critiques medieval scholasticism and defends an Epicurean-influenced view of pleasure as central to the good life.
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E.
Der Garten der Lüste
Der Garten der Lüste is the German title of Hieronymus Bosch’s famous late 15th-century triptych painting depicting Eden, a fantastical world of earthly pleasures, and the torments of Hell.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.