Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, better
known as Marquis de Condorcet, was
born in Ribemont, Paris. He studied at
Jesuit schools and the college de Navarre
and later became a French
philosppher, political leader, and mathmatician. He
published a book titled
Essai sur le calcul integral and in 1769 he was elected
to the Academie des
Sciences. He was very fasinated by probality and the
philosophy of
mathematics and this is where most of his famous work evolved
from. He wrote
Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probabilty Majority
Decisions
which was very important work in the development of probablity.
Condorcet
was very opposed to the church and to show his opinions on this he
wrote Vie
de M Turgot and Vie de Voltaire. Both of these works showed how he
agreed
with the economic ideas of Turgot and the ideas of Voltaire, who was
also
opposed to the church. He is most known for his method for electing
people in
single-seat elections. His method Marquis de Condorcet became
involved in
politics and was in great favor of the French Revolution. He
became the
president of the Legislative Assembly. During the revolution he
fled due to his
strong disagreement with the Girondists. While he was hiding
he wrote Esquisse
d’un tableau historique des progres de l’esprit humain. He
used nine stages
to show the progress of the human race. He also showed
another stage which
showed the human perfection can be established with the
help of education. He
was soon discovered and was found dead the following
day.