02114cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324500600014226400510020230000470025333600260030033700260032633800360035250000310038850801200041952010980053953400450163765300700168285600430175299900170179524492UtSlPG20260610133548.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aCT1 aMorley, John,d1838-192310aCritical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 3: Condorcet 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2008-02-02 aProduced by Paul Murray, René Anderson Benitz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net a"Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 3: Condorcet" by John Morley is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. This essay focuses on the life and philosophical contributions of Marquis de Condorcet, a significant figure during the French Revolution. The work explores Condorcet's thoughts on the perfectibility of human nature and highlights his role as a thinker amid the tumult of revolutionary France. The opening of the essay delves into Condorcet’s background, noting his survival through a pivotal period of revolutionary upheaval, unlike other notable contemporaries like Voltaire and Rousseau. It describes Condorcet as an intellectually driven yet politically isolated figure, who advocated for both social reform and rationality in governance. With insights into Condorcet’s early influences and relationships with other philosophers, the text sets the stage for a nuanced exploration of his contributions to human rights and the advancement of social thought in the unfolding context of revolutionary France. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aCondorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-179440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24492 c65493d65493