A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those that form the system of physical science, even in those branches like astronomy that seem to approximate mathematical certainty. He cherished this belief, for it led to the consoling hope that humanity would inevitably make progress toward a state of happiness and improved character even as it has already done in its knowledge of the truth.
One wonders why there are so many women who follow Robespierre to his home, to the Jacobins, to the Cordeliers and to the Convention. It is because t… - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
One wonders why there are so many women who follow Robespierre to his home, to the Jacobins, to the Cordeliers and to the Convention. It is because t…
- Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it appear better. However ju… - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it appear better. However ju…
The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it. - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it.
Under the freest constitution ignorant people are still slaves. - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
Under the freest constitution ignorant people are still slaves.
The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of the death penalty im… - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of the death penalty im…
I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists. - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists.
As the mind learns to understand more complicated combinations of ideas, simpler formulae soon reduce their complexity; so truths that were discovere… - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
As the mind learns to understand more complicated combinations of ideas, simpler formulae soon reduce their complexity; so truths that were discovere…
Men do not often dare to avow, even to themselves, the slow progress reason has made in their minds; but they are ready to follow it if it is present… - Nicolas De Caritat, Marquis De Condorcet
Men do not often dare to avow, even to themselves, the slow progress reason has made in their minds; but they are ready to follow it if it is present…
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