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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:
- Economic liberalism - Condorcet was a supporter of a liberal economy
- Public education - He supported free and equal public instruction
- Constitutionalism - He supported constitutional government
- Social equality - Condorcet supported equal rights for women and people of all races
- Electoral reform - Condorcet may have rediscovered the work of Ramon Llull, or perhaps independently re-invented Condorcet methods.
He was said to have embodied the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment, of which he has been called the "last witness,"[1] and Enlightenment rationalism. He died in prison after a period of flight from French Revolutionary authorities.
- ↑ Viera de Miguel, Manuel (2016). "1.3.2 Capitalismo y explotación colonial" [1.3.2 Capitalism and colonial exploitation]. El imaginario visual de la nación española a través de las grandes exposiciones universales del siglo XIX: "postales", fotografías, reconstrucciones [The visual imaginary of the Spanish nation through the great universal exhibitions of the 19th century: "postcards", photographs, reconstructions] (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Complutense University of Madrid. p. 130. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-12.