Condorcet and Modernity
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521841399
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Philosophy; Contributions in political sci; Political Science; marquis de,; Politics/International Relations; Political; History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat,; 1743-1794; Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicola
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.