Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
Also known as Marquis de Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, marquis de Condorcet Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Condorcet, Marquis de Condorcet, Nicolas de Condorcet
French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743-1794)
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Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet was an 18th-century French thinker who combined work in mathematics and philosophy with ideas about politics and society. His writings on human progress and democratic ideals influenced Enlightenment thinking, though his life ended tragically during the French Revolution.
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- Born
- 1743
- Died
- 1794
- Works
- 175
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- Réflexions de M. le Marquis de Condorcet, sur l'usufruit des beneficiers
- Reflections on the English revolution of 1688, and that of the French, August 10, 1792
- Éloge des académiciens de l'Académie royale des sciences
- Dictionnaire encyclopédique des mathématiques
- Eloge de M. le marquis de Courtivron
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36 objects attributed to Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet (/kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [maʁi ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan nikɔla də kaʁita maʁki də kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]; 17 September 1743 – 29 March 1794), known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, political economist, politician, and mathematician. His ideas, including support for free markets, public education, constitutional government, and equal rights for women and people of all races, and a welfare state have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment, of which he has been called the "last witness", and Enlightenment rationalism. As he was a critic of the constitution proposed by Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles in 1793, the Convention Nationale – and the Jacobin faction in particular – voted to have Condorcet arrested. He died in prison after a period of hiding from the French Revolutionary authorities.
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