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The Noble Philosopher - Condorcet and the Enlightenment (Hardcover, New)
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The Noble Philosopher - Condorcet and the Enlightenment (Hardcover, New)
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Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, the Marquis de Condorcet
(1743-1794), was a mathematician, a farseeing social and
educational reformer, a champion of women's and minority rights,
and the last of the illustrious line of philosophies who graced
eighteenth century France and enriched the world with the message
of 'enlightenment'. Following the French Revolution, Condorcet was
entrusted with drafting a constitution for France. But a dispute
with the French National Convention forced Condorcet to flee for
his life. While in hiding, he wrote the Sketch for a Historical
Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind, a work addressed to the
proposition that the human race is progressing, through reason and
science, toward an ultimate state of perfection. Edward Goodell
examines the life and work of this remarkable man, who in many
respects was two hundred years ahead of his time. He lays special
emphasis on the Sketch, which traces the gradual liberation of the
human mind through nine historical stages, culminating in the
achievement of freedom in the Age of Enlightenment. Goodell also
discusses the circumstances of Condorcet's birth and upbringing;
his many contributions to the Enlightenment; and, the historical,
intellectual, and personal influences that shaped the career of
this eighteenth-century revolutionary. Included in this engrossing
portrait of the Age of Reason are biographies of its leading
luminaries: Voltaire, d'Alembert, Turgot, Diderot, Julie de
Lespinasse, and others. The Noble Philosopher is a fitting tribute
to an extraordinary thinker on the bi-centenary of his death.
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