Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet: References & Edit History
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Condorcet’s works are collected in Oeuvres, 12 vol., ed. by A. Condorcet O’Connor and M.F. Arago (1847–49). Léon Cahen, Condorcet et la Révolution française (1904), is a detailed account of Condorcet’s activities for political and social reform. Gilles-Gaston Granger, La Mathématique sociale du marquis de Condorcet (1956), contains a full bibliography of Condorcet’s mathematical works. Keith Michael Baker, Condorcet: From Natural Philosophy to Social Mathematics (1975, reissued 1982), traces the development of Condorcet’s thought.
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 11, 2018 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Added discussion of Condorcet's views concerning women's rights. |
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| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet. | Jul 17, 2014 | ||
| Added mention of Condorcet's support of equal rights for women. | Feb 17, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet. | Mar 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Literary Encyclopedia - Biography of Marie-Jean Condorcet. | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet. | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of St Andrews - Biography of Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat Condorcet. | Sep 21, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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