Condorcet

[ kawn-dawr-se ]

noun

1. Ma·rie Jean An·toine Ni·co·las Ca·ri·tat [m, a, -, ree, zhah, n, ah, n, -, twan, nee-kaw-, lah, k, a, -, r, ee-, ta], Marquis de, 1743–94, French mathematician and philosopher.

Condorcet

/ kɔndɔrsɛ /

noun

1. CondorcetMarie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de17431794MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politician 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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He received his formal education at the Lycée Condorcet (a school attended before him by Cocteau, Proust, and Valéry).

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Condorcet made uncompromising criticism, and was put on the list of those to be suspected and got rid of.

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Condorcet published a vigorous pamphlet denouncing the slave holder and all his works.

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Condorcet saw in this harmonious union and fine balance of qualities the secret of his unpopularity.

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Fresnel therefore adopted the ingenious device proposed by Condorcet, that of constructing a lens of a number of distinct pieces.

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The heretic Condorcet pleaded powerfully for freedom whilst Christian France was still slave-holding.

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