Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet.
French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743–1794)
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About Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, 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, and a welfare state have been said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment, of which he has been called the "last witness", and Enlightenment rationalism. As he was 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.
Everything about Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet →- Occupation
- philosopher, mathematician, economist, politician
- Position held
- deputy to the National Legislative Assembly (France), Perpetual Secretary, Member of the Académie française, president of the French National Assembly
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- September 17, 1743
- Died
- March 28, 1794, March 29, 1794