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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 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).