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Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat marquis de 1743-1794

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Works: 1,663 works in 3,337 publications in 25 languages and 26,044 library holdings
Roles: Other, Editor, Attributed name, Annotator, Dubious author, Collaborator, Author of introduction, Secretary, Bibliographic antecedent, Honoree, Compiler
Classifications: hb151, 330
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198 editions published between and 2008 in 10 languages and held by 919 libraries worldwide
"Condorcet, proscribed by a sanguinary faction, formed the idea of addressing to his fellow-citizens a summary of his principles, and of his conduct: in public affairs. He set down a few lines in execution of this project: but when he recollected, as he was obliged to do, thirty years of labour directed to the public service, and the multitude of fugitive pieces in which, since the revolution, he had uniformly attacked every institution inimical to liberty, he rejected the idea of a useless justification. Free as he was from the dominion of the passions, he could not consent to stain the purity of his mind by recollecting his persecutors; perpetually and sublimely inattentive to himself, he determined to consecrate the short space that remained between him and death to a work of general and permanent utility. That work is the performance now given to the world. It has relation to a number of others, in which the rights of men had previously been discussed and established; in which superstition had received its last and fatal blow; in which the methods of the mathematical sciences, applied to new objects, have opened new avenues to the moral and political sciences; in which the genuine principles of social happiness have received a development, and kind of demonstration, unknown before; lastly, in which we every where perceive marks of that profound morality, which banishes even the very frailties of self-love--of those pure and incorruptible virtues within the influence of which it is impossible to live without feeling a religious veneration"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
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23 editions published between and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 424 libraries worldwide
The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-94) was a founding father of social science. He believed that what he called the moral sciences could be studied by the same exacting methods as the natural sciences, and he developed many of the tools for doing so. Condorcet has had two quite unconnected reputations: as the doomed and foolish Enlightenment scholar, writing about the perfectibility of mankind while in hiding from the Terror that would shortly claim his own life; and as the incomprehensible founder of social choice, whose Essai of 1785 was not understood until the 1950s. This book shows that he was not so foolish, nor so incomprehensible, as even sympathetic treatments have made him sound. A long introduction uses the latest French and English sources to put his work into context, explains the unity of his thought and explicates his difficult arguments in probability theory and social choice. The extracts from Condorcet's work that follow are in two parts. Part I, 'The Theory of Voting', includes some extracts from the notorious Essai of 1785 but also later work which is more accessible and makes new points. Part II, 'Human Rights', shows Condorcet the passionate campaigner for rights for slaves and for women, and the American constitutionalist. His poignant 'Advice to his daughter' and 'Testament' show the spirit of a man who knew he was almost certain to be killed, and would never see his daughter again. Most of the works translated here have never appeared in English before. They will be an essential reference source for everybody working in social choice, the history of mathematics and human rights, and the Enlightenment.
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111 editions published between and 1967 in French and Efik and held by 413 libraries worldwide
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62 editions published between and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 366 libraries worldwide
"Montesquieu's political treatise (1752) The Spirit of Laws covers a wide range of topics in politics, law, sociology, and anthropology. Montesquieu advocates constitutionalism and the separation of powers, the abolition of slavery, the preservation of civil liberties and the rule of law, and the idea that political and legal institutions ought to reflect the social and geographical character of each particular community. In the present book, de Tracy brings a scientific approach to explaining the motives, and hence the observed consequences, of various kinds of government styles. He systematically works through many substantial flaws in Montesquieu's work, and delves into Montesquieu's logical gaps. His values of personal liberty, human equality, and intellectual pursuit show through in every chapter. His explanations of economics and how different government organizations do or do not contribute to economic welfare and personal liberty are clever and clear; and he is frank in suggesting that economics as a theoretical subject warrants illumination by others." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
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7 editions published in in English and held by 323 libraries worldwide
"The book is a compilation of the research that has been conducted in the study of Condorcet's Paradox for two centuries. It begins with a historical overview of the discovery of Condorcet's Paradox in the 18th Century, provides an exhaustive survey of numerous empirical studies that have been conducted to find actual occurrences of the paradox, and compiles all of the research that has been done to develop mathematical representations for the probability that the paradox will be observed. The book is unique since it focuses attention strictly on this one voting paradox, and it combines all of the different approaches that have been used to study this very interesting phenomenon."--Jacket.
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13 editions published between and 2006 in English and held by 311 libraries worldwide
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84 editions published between and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 262 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 1971 in English and held by 255 libraries worldwide
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16 editions published between and 1993 in French and held by 241 libraries worldwide
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123 editions published between and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 240 libraries worldwide
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27 editions published between and 1866 in 3 languages and held by 178 libraries worldwide
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25 editions published between and 2009 in French and held by 177 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 2011 in French and Spanish and held by 163 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide
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18 editions published between and 2006 in French and held by 158 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published in in French and held by 154 libraries worldwide
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13 editions published between and 1814 in French and Spanish and held by 97 libraries worldwide
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13 editions published between and 1993 in French and Undetermined and held by 97 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published between and 1814 in Spanish and held by 89 libraries worldwide
 
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Bourgeois de New Heaven
Caritat de Condorcet, Jean A. de 1743-1794
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