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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, 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, o…

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science · French philosopher and mathematician (1743–1794) · philosopher · mathematician · economist · politician · political scientist · biographer · sociologist · writer · also Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, Marquis de Condorcet, 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

Born 17 September 1743 · Died 28 March 1794 · Q201477

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s economic theories. Condorcet continued to receive prestigious appointments: in 1777, he became Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, holding the post until the abolition of the Académie in 1793; and, in 1782, secretary of the Académie française. Thus, by the time his mentors had died Condorcet was the most institutionally powerful of the younger philosophes. Keith M. Baker writes,
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Condorcet, Feminism, and the Egalitarian Principle
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“s economic theories. Condorcet continued to receive prestigious appointments: in 1777, he became Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, holding the post until the abolition of the Académie in 1793; and, in 1782, secretary of the Académie française. Thus, by the time his mentors had died Condorcet was the most institutionally powerful of the younger philosophes. Keith M. Baker writes,”

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Sandrine Bergès developes an argument that she called "the childhood argument" to reevaluate the position of Condorcet on the abolition of slavery

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In honour of the bicentennial of the French Revolution and Condorcet's role as a central figure in the Enlightenment

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"The Feminism of Condorcet and Sophie de Grouchy" examines the influence of Condorcet essay's "On The Admission to Women to the Rights of Citizenship" stating that he vigorously rebutted the arguments of anti-feminists a

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“Condorcet, Feminism, and the Egalitarian Principle”

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Never having remarried, and having published all her husband's works between 1801 and 1804

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Died 1794-03-28.

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Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1792).

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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1792–1794).

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Jan 1, 1792Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: president of the French National Assembly (1792–1792).

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Career landmark: member of the French National Assembly (1791–1792).

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Career landmark: seat 39 of the Académie française (1782–1793).

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Career landmark: Perpetual Secretary (1776–1793).

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Born 1743-09-17.

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