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'''Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet''' (French pronunciation: "kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ"; born 17 September 1743 and died approximately 29 March 1794), was known as '''Nicolas de Condorcet''', was a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas, included support for the following:

* [[W:Economic liberalism|'''Economic liberalism''']] - Condorcet was a supporter of a liberal economy
* '''[[W:Public education|Public education]]''' - He supported free and equal public instruction
* [[W:Constitutionalism|'''Constitutionalism''']] - He supported constitutional government
* [[W:Social equality|'''Social equality''']] - Condorcet supported equal rights for women and people of all races
* [[Electoral reform|'''Electoral reform''']] - Condorcet may have rediscovered the work of [[Ramon Llull]], or perhaps independently re-invented [[Condorcet method|Condorcet methods]].

He was said to have embodied the ideals of the [[W:Age of Enlightenment|Age of Enlightenment]], of which he has been called the "last witness,"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Viera de Miguel|first=Manuel|url=https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/38202/1/T37417.pdf|title=El imaginario visual de la nación española a través de las grandes exposiciones universales del siglo XIX: "postales", fotografías, reconstrucciones|publisher=Complutense University of Madrid|year=2016|location=Madrid|pages=130|language=es|trans-title=The visual imaginary of the Spanish nation through the great universal exhibitions of the 19th century: "postcards", photographs, reconstructions|chapter=1.3.2 Capitalismo y explotación colonial|trans-chapter=1.3.2 Capitalism and colonial exploitation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612232157/https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/38202/1/T37417.pdf|archive-date=2021-06-12}}</ref> and Enlightenment [[W:Rationalism|rationalism]]. He died in prison after a period of flight from French Revolutionary authorities.

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