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There are 13 critical essays on Marquis de Condorcet.
Critical Essays on Marquis de Condorcet

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Critical Essay by Emma Rothschild
13,206 words, approx. 44 pages
 In this essay, Rothschild contrasts the received perception of Condorcet as an advocate of uniformity and universalism with his thought on conflict and diversity.
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Critical Essay by K. M. Baker
13,051 words, approx. 44 pages
 In the following essay, Baker considers Condorcet's contribution to the development of the social sciences.
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Critical Essay by Barbara Brookes
9,878 words, approx. 33 pages
 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 the rights of women.
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Critical Essay by David Bates
8,635 words, approx. 29 pages
 In this essay, Bates attempts to define Condorcet's position on political decision-making and the public interest.
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Critical Essay by David R. Lachterman
5,430 words, approx. 18 pages
 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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Critical Essay by Max M. Mintz
5,429 words, approx. 18 pages
 In the essay which follows, Mintz focuses on Condorcet's writings on the American Constitution.
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Critical Essay by David Williams
4,373 words, approx. 15 pages
 In this essay, Williams maintains that Condorcet was among the first philosophers to link women's rights with the Enlightenment notion of natural rights.
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Critical Essay by Julie T. Andresen
3,725 words, approx. 12 pages
 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 natural language to its purest form.
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Critical Essay by Elizabeth J. Gardner
3,613 words, approx. 12 pages
 In the following essay, Gardner distinguishes Condorcet's thoughts on women from those of other French philosophes, including Helvétius and Diderot.
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Critical Essay by Richard A. Brooks
3,550 words, approx. 12 pages
 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 beliefs.
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Critical Essay by Colette Verger Michael
2,268 words, approx. 8 pages
 In this essay, Michael surveys Condorcet's writings on slavery in America and his insistence of holding consistent standards of liberty for all.

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