Modern History Sourcebook:
Reading Guide:
Condorcet: On Progess
[Note: Reading Guides are meant as review aids for a particular
text. They do indicate some of the questions a text raises.]
Answer the questions below.
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Condorcet: On the Future Progress of the Human Mind
- Who was Condorcet?
- What was the main basis of his renown?
- When did he write On the Future Progress of..?
- What is the essential aspect of Humanity for Condorcet? Why?
- What predictions does he make for the future?
- Did they come true?
Where?
Know the Meanings of these phrases/words
- Progress
- ostentation
- mediocrity
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