Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
1743-1794
French Mathematician and Social Philosopher
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, better known by his title, marquis de Condorcet...
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Condorcet, Marquis De(1743–1794)
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, the French mathematician, historian of the sciences, political theorist, and social reformer, was one ...
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The French thinker Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), expressed the spirit of the Enlightenment in reform proposals and writings on progress. He was the only philoso...
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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, was born on September 17, 1743, in Ribemont, Picardy, in southern France. His family had an ancient and noble heritage tied to the principalit...
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In this lecture, Frazer asserts the importance and value of Condorcet's philosophy.
Of all the philosophers and economists of the eighteenth century who by their writings and personal influe...
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In this essay, Lachterman discusses Condorcet's Fragment in terms of the conflict between technological progress—“the conquest of nature”—and individual liberty.
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In the essay which follows, Mintz focuses on Condorcet's writings on the American Constitution.
In 1783, the Marquis de Condorcet, an ardent advocate of natural rights, was concerned that th...
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In this essay, Bates attempts to define Condorcet's position on political decision-making and the public interest.
In the Encyclopédie, a decision was defined briefly but significantl...
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In this essay, Rothschild contrasts the received perception of Condorcet as an advocate of uniformity and universalism with his thought on conflict and diversity.
Cold, Descriptive Cartesian Reason
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In the following essay, Baker considers Condorcet's contribution to the development of the social sciences.
If we are to believe La Harpe, Condorcet's reception speech at the Acad�...
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In the essay below, Brooks traces the progress of Condorcet's evaluation of Pascal, which began as admiration and eventually deteriorated into dismissive contempt of Pascal's religious b...
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In this essay, Williams maintains that Condorcet was among the first philosophers to link women's rights with the Enlightenment notion of natural rights.
In the literature of feminism that f...
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In the following essay, Gardner distinguishes Condorcet's thoughts on women from those of other French philosophes, including Helvétius and Diderot.
Feminism was not a cause espoused ...
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In this excerpt, Brookes addresses the development of Condorcet's feminism after his marriage to Sophie de Grouchy, linking his thoughts on government and natural rights to his beliefs about th...
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In this essay, Michael surveys Condorcet's writings on slavery in America and his insistence of holding consistent standards of liberty for all.
‘Profoundly influenced by the idea of ...
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In the essay which follows, Andresen highlights the connection between Condorcet's idea of progress and his beliefs about language, including the language of mathematics as the reduction of nat...
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In the essay below, Grofman and Feld compare Condorcet's idea of collective judgment with Rousseau's idea of the general will.
Rousseau's seminal contributions to democratic th...
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"Nature has set no limit to the realization of our hopes." -- Marquis De Condorcet
In an essay written over 200 years ago Condorcet foresaw the sexual inequality change, destructive force of war ...
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Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
Condorcet, Marquis De (1743–1794)
Condorcet, Marquis de
Marquis de Condorcet
Lecture by James George Frazer
The Theories of Marquis De Condorcet
