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... Condorcet reversed not only the ancient trope of time as amnesia and decay , but also the fear of some philosophes that an outbreak of warfare or plague could once again engulf Europe in a new Dark Ages . For Condorcet , truth was ...
... Condorcet reversed not only the ancient trope of time as amnesia and decay , but also the fear of some philosophes that an outbreak of warfare or plague could once again engulf Europe in a new Dark Ages . For Condorcet , truth was ...
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... Condorcet was quite capable of rejecting the results of calculation when they conflicted with ' common reason ' or seemed insufficiently grounded in observation.36 Clarity must not be sacrificed to rigour , as he repri- manded a ...
... Condorcet was quite capable of rejecting the results of calculation when they conflicted with ' common reason ' or seemed insufficiently grounded in observation.36 Clarity must not be sacrificed to rigour , as he repri- manded a ...
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... Condorcet's vision of a future society based on science and technology : 58 all citizens , men and women , black and white , would be educated and politically enfranchised ; all would be enlightened . That is what consistency demanded ...
... Condorcet's vision of a future society based on science and technology : 58 all citizens , men and women , black and white , would be educated and politically enfranchised ; all would be enlightened . That is what consistency demanded ...
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Coercion and Consent in Nazi Germany | 53 |
A E Housmans Rejected Addresses | 83 |
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