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Plate 43, The sleep of reason produces monsters, becomes a public Enlightenment teaching image

In 1799 Goya’s Sleep of reason produces monsters entered the public Caprichos. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 1799 Goya’s Sleep of reason produces monsters entered the public Caprichos.

Context

A motto plate can flatten the set and can teach.

Francisco Goya’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Capricho 43 is part of the 1799 set. Later schools made it a motto image. He etched; later museums taught. Complex teaching object.

Why it matters

A numbered motto plate is a durable education object.

Plate 43 is not the 3rd of May.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Francisco Goya

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.5 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactPlate 43, The sleep of reason produces monsters, becomes a public Enlightenment teaching image
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 6 February 1799 · verified

    A numbered motto plate is a durable education object.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Smarthistory — Goya, Third of May 1808Smarthistory · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Museo Nacional del PradoMuseo Nacional del Prado · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Prado’s plate and Smarthistory/Met teaching pages independently present Capricho 43 as a public image.

Established: 1799 public plate 43. Not established: a unique literacy series.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.5 and influence 0.45 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorFrancisco Goya
  2. contributed toFactPlate 43, The sleep of reason produces monsters, becomes a public Enlightenment teaching image
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Plate 43, The sleep of reason produces monsters, becomes a public Enlightenment teaching image. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-sleep-reason

https://factrail.ai/facts/goy-sleep-reason

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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