Marquis de Condorcet

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet (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 and mathematician.^[1] His ideas, including support for a 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",^[2] 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.

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Nicolas de Condorcet
Member of the National Convention for Aisne
In office 20 September 1792 – 8 July 1793
Preceded by	Louis-Jean-Samuel Joly de Bammeville
Succeeded by	Vacant (1794–1795) Successor unknown
Constituency	Saint-Quentin
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Seine
In office 6 September 1791 – 6 September 1792
Succeeded by	Joseph François Laignelot
Constituency	Paris
Personal details
Born	(1743-09-17)17 September 1743 Ribemont, Picardy, France
Died	29 March 1794(1794-03-29) (aged 50) Bourg-la-Reine, France
Political party	Girondin
Spouse	Sophie de Condorcet ​ (m. 1786)​
Children	Alexandrine de Caritat de Condorcet
Alma mater	College of Navarre
Profession	Scholar, mathematician, philosopher
Philosophy career
Notable work	Girondin constitutional project, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
Era	18th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Enlightenment 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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