Condorcet
Americannoun
noun
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After World War II, “the new development mainstream”—which trained its attention on a succession of newly independent states in Africa and Asia—was, Mr. Easterly says, “a lot closer to Condorcet than to Adam Smith.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Gore winning any hypothetical one-on-one election would make him a so-called Condorcet candidate.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
Its author, the mathematician and philosopher Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, saw no limits to the capacity of human intelligence, and called on his readers to use it to build a better society.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2019
The convention enabled Condorcet to draft the world’s first democratic constitution.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2018
It is a condensed statement of the principles underlying the Constitution written by himself and Condorcet, now included among Condorcet's works.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway
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