Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind

Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (French: Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain) is a manuscript by the French philosopher Nicolas de Condorcet.
==History==
While in hiding in 1793 to 1794 during the French Revolution, Condorcet wrote the manuscript,Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Nicolas de Condorcet strongly influenced by Enlightenment thought, arguing that humanity could better itself through the use of knowledge. After being caught and imprisoned in 1794, Condorcet was soon found dead in his cell. in 2014, the Assassin historian Shaun Hastings speculated that the Templars murdered him in the hopes of stealing the manuscript due to their opposition of Enlightenment thought.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Database: Condorcet's Manuscript
However, before his imprisonment, Condorcet had hidden the manuscript in King Louis IX's tomb in Saint-Denis and left behind a drawing of a royal crest as a clue. The young thief Léon soon stole the manuscript,Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – Buried Words but the French Assassin Arno Dorian eventually forced him to give it up.Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – The Book Thief Arno handed it over to the Marquis de Sade,Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – A Crown of Thorns who had taken an interest in it. The manuscript was posthumously published in 1795.
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