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Condorcet
[ kawn-dawr-se ]
noun
- Ma路rie Jean An路toine Ni路co路las Ca路ri路tat [m, a, -, ree, zhah, n, ah, n, -, twan, nee-kaw-, lah, k, a, -, r, ee-, ta], Marquis de, 1743鈥94, French mathematician and philosopher.
Condorcet
/ 办蓴苍诲蓴谤蝉蓻 /
noun
- CondorcetMarie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de17431794MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politician Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de. 1743鈥94, French philosopher and politician. His works include Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795)
Example Sentences
But here鈥檚 an important snag in electing Condorcet candidates: they don鈥檛 always exist.
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.
Thus the great French philosopher Condorcet in 1793 proposed creating a new, indirect form of self-rule, linking local assemblies to a national government.
There are a few examples: the Condorcet data centre in Paris sends its waste heat directly into a neighbouring Climate Change Arboretum, where scientists study the impacts of high temperatures on vegetation.
Without offending Aristotle, the Marquis de Condorcet and Francis Galton, Michael Laudrup鈥檚 lack of international recognition erodes confidence in the principle.
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