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The same 1881 Poems offers beauty as a substitute for civic duty

Poems (1881) publicly offers aesthetic interiority as enough. In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Poems (1881) publicly offers aesthetic interiority as enough.

Context

Later Soul of Man argues otherwise. Split.

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

Why it matters

Printed beauty-as-enough can thin duties to staff public relief.

Quietism is not the 1895 writ.

Who was responsible

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

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

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

    1. FactThe same 1881 Poems offers beauty as a substitute for civic duty
    2. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 July 1881 · verified

    Printed beauty-as-enough can thin duties to staff public relief.

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)

      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

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

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

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Worse

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

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.British LibraryBritish Library · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

British Library and Britannica independently treat 1881 Poems as the first public book of the aesthetic brand.

Established: 1881 public Poems. Not established: a unique turnout series.

Contribution type is direct.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 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. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactThe same 1881 Poems offers beauty as a substitute for civic duty
  3. weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The same 1881 Poems offers beauty as a substitute for civic duty. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-poems-quietism-1881

https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-poems-quietism-1881

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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