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Nicolas de Condorcet

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Nicolas de Condorcet


Born
in Ribemont, France
September 17, 1743

Died
March 29, 1794

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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas, including support for a liberal economy, free and equal public instruction, constitutional government, and equal rights for women and people of all races, have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and Enlightenment rationalism. He died in prison after a period of flight from French Revolutionary authorities.

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Sketch for a Historical Pic...

3.80 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1794 — 119 editions
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Conseils à sa fille

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Réflexions sur l'esclavage ...

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Letters of Euler On Differe...

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Sur l'admission des femmes ...

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Political Writings

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The First Essay on the Poli...

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Cinq mémoires sur l'instruc...

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“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.”
Marquis de Condorcet, Political Writings

“The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it.”
Nicolas de Caritat marquis de Condorcet
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“There does not exist any religious system, or supernatural extravagance, which is not founded on an ignorance of the laws of nature.”
Marquis de Condorcet, Outlines Of An Historical View Of The Progress Of The Human Mind

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