Condorcet

[ kawn-dawr-se ]

/ kɔ̃ dɔrˈsɛ /

noun

Ma·rie Jean An·toine Ni·co·las Ca·ri·tat

[ma-ree zhahn ahn-twan nee-kaw-lah ka-ree-ta] /maˈri ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ˈtwan ni kɔˈlɑ ka riˈta/, Marquis de,1743–94, French mathematician and philosopher.

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The same night Condorcet intrusted his life to her keeping, and for nine months he remained in hiding under her roof.

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) |John Morley
Condorcet wrote the best tract on the subject, while in confinement at a widow's house near Paris, before his execution.

Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Some of the reasoning is almost verbally identical with Condorcet's.

On Compromise |John Morley
These writers were unconsciously helping Condorcet's doctrine to assume a new and less questionable shape.

The Idea of Progress |J. B. Bury

When Turgot was replaced by Necker, Condorcet resigned his office.

Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers |Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts

British Dictionary definitions for condorcet

Condorcet

/ (French kɔndɔrsɛ) /

noun

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de. 1743–94, French philosopher and politician. His works include Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795)

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