Marquis de Condorcet
Nicolas de Condorcet | |
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| 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 | 17 September 1743 Ribemont, Picardy, France |
| Died | 29 March 1794 (aged 50) Bourg-la-Reine, France |
| Political party | Girondin |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Alexandrine de Caritat de Condorcet |
| Alma mater | College of Navarre |
| Profession | Scholar, mathematician, philosopher |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Enlightenment Classical liberalism Economic liberalism |
| Main interests | Mathematics, politics |
| Notable works | Girondin constitutional project, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind |
| Notable ideas | Progress, Condorcet criterion, Condorcet's jury theorem, Condorcet method, Condorcet's voting paradox |
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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet (/kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; 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, political economist, politician, and mathematician. 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", 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.