Condorcet was born in Ribemont (in present-day Aisne), descended from the ancient family of Caritat, who took their title from the town of Condorcet in Dauphiné, of which they were long …

Condorcet, wholly a man of the Enlightenment, sought to extend the empire of reason to social affairs. He advocated economic freedom, religious toleration, legal and educational reform, the …

Sep 6, 2022 · Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), also known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, political theorist, and mathematician.

Nicolas de Condorcet, known also as Marquis de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated …

Condorcet occupies a special place in the history of French thought. He is the last of the 'philosophes', and the only one who took an active part in the Revolution.

Condorcet's main concern, therefore, was less to explain the growth of reason in itself — this growth was posited as natural — than to point to the destruction of the obstacles that had …

This digital edition of the complete works of Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), based off the 1847 print edition by Firmin Didot Frères, present the …