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Condorcet : writings on the United States /

"Condorcet (1743-1794) was the last of the great eighteenth-century French philosophes and one of the most fervent américanistes 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794
Otros Autores: Ansart, Guillaume, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Condorcet and America
  • Influence of the American Revolution on Europe
  • Influence of the American Revolution on the opinions and legislation of Europe
  • On the benefits of the American Revolution with respect to the preservation of peace in Europe
  • Benefits of the American Revolution with respect to the perfectibility of the human race
  • On the good that the American Revolution can do, through trade, to Europe and to France in particular
  • Conclusion
  • Supplement to Filippo Mazzei's researches on the United States
  • Ideas on despotism: for the benefit of those who pronounce this word without understanding it
  • Eulogy of Franklin: read at the public session of the Academy of Sciences, November 13, 1790.
  • Appendix: Notes to the French translation of John Steven's Observations on government (1789).