Project Gutenberg 2008-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 333 Morley, John 1838 1923 Morley, Viscount Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 3: Condorcet Produced by Paul Murray, René Anderson Benitz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794 CT Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: French Literature Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics 206097 2025-08-10T07:39:56.730082 text/html 206686 2008-02-02T10:16:38 text/html 166229 2025-08-10T07:40:04.186048 application/epub+zip 166776 2025-08-10T07:40:00.268054 application/epub+zip 129651 2025-08-10T07:39:59.011101 application/epub+zip 369621 2025-08-10T07:40:06.734036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351383 2025-08-10T07:40:03.016080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304188 2022-09-11T10:17:37.941128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169065 2025-08-10T07:39:56.289104 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168856 2008-02-02T10:16:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168645 2008-02-02T10:17:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168641 2008-02-02T10:17:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22909 2025-08-10T07:40:06.861024 application/rdf+xml 20198 2025-08-10T07:39:59.513050 image/jpeg 4337 2025-08-10T07:39:59.262044 image/jpeg 65571 2008-02-02T10:17:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 65373 2008-02-02T10:17:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 72433 2008-02-02T10:17:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 65202 2008-02-02T10:17:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 162821 2025-08-10T07:39:56.745077 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia