Condorcet and Modernity
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 1, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521044646
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History of ideas, intellectual history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; France; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory
First sentence: Jean-Antoine Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, nicknamed 'the condor' by his friends, was born on 17 September 1743 in the garrison town of Ribemont in Picardy.