Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), also known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, political theorist, and mathematician. His ideas, encompassing a wide range of topics from education to equal rights, from representative government to the idea of human progress, were said to embody the Age of Enlightenment.
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17 Sep 1743 - 29 Mar 1794Life of Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician, political theorist, and philosopher of the Enlightenment.