Marquis de Condorcet

Nicolas de Condorcet
Member of the National Convention for Aisne
In office
20 September 1792 – 8 July 1793
Preceded byLouis-Jean-Samuel Joly de Bammeville
Succeeded byVacant (1794–1795)
Successor unknown
ConstituencySaint-Quentin
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Seine
In office
6 September 1791 – 6 September 1792
Succeeded byJoseph François Laignelot
ConstituencyParis
Personal details
Born(1743-09-17)17 September 1743
Ribemont, Picardy, France
Died29 March 1794(1794-03-29) (aged 50)
Bourg-la-Reine, France
Political partyGirondin
Spouse
(m. 1786)
ChildrenAlexandrine de Caritat de Condorcet
Alma materCollege of Navarre
ProfessionScholar, mathematician, philosopher

Philosophy career
Notable workGirondin constitutional project, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
Era18th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolEnlightenment
Classical liberalism
Economic liberalism
Main interests
Mathematics, politics
Notable ideas
Idea of Progress, Condorcet criterion, Condorcet's jury theorem, Condorcet method, Voting paradox
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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet (French: [maʁi ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan nikɔla kaʁita maʁki kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]; 17 September 1743 – 29 March 1794), known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French political economist and mathematician.[2] His ideas, including support for free markets, public education, constitutional government, and equal rights for women and people of all races, have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment, of which he has been called the "last witness",[3] and Enlightenment rationalism. 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.

  1. ^ Pilbeam, Pamela M. (2014). Saint-Simonians in Nineteenth-Century France: From Free Love to Algeria. Springer. p. 5.
  2. ^ Moulin, H.; Peyton Young, H. (2018). "Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de (1743–1794)". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 2033–2035. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_248. ISBN 978-1-349-95188-8.
  3. ^ Viera de Miguel, Manuel (2016). "1.3.2 Capitalismo y explotación colonial" [1.3.2 Capitalism and colonial exploitation]. El imaginario visual de la nación española a través de las grandes exposiciones universales del siglo XIX: "postales", fotografías, reconstrucciones [The visual imaginary of the Spanish nation through the great universal exhibitions of the 19th century: "postcards", photographs, reconstructions] (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Complutense University of Madrid. p. 130. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2021.