Condorcet (1743-1794) was the last of the great eighteenth-century French philosophes and one of the most fervent americanistes of his time. A friend of Franklin, Jefferson, and Paine and a member of the American Philosophical Society, he was well informed and enthusiastic about the American Revolution. Condorcet's writings on the American Revolution, the Federal Constitution, and the new political culture emerging in the United States constitute milestones in the history of French political thought and of French attitudes toward the United States. These remarkable texts,...
Condorcet (1743-1794) was the last of the great eighteenth-century French philosophes and one of the most fervent americanistes o...
