This article considers the philosophical foundations of the French Enlightenment through a
close study of the Stoic influences on the Marquis de Condorcet's education philosophy. The …

Towards the end of eighteenth century in France, the newly acquired rights of people as
citizens needed assuring. This article traces the principles through which Condorcet tried to …

The Marquis de Condorcet was a man of talent and vision. He was the youngest of the
'philosophes' who centred their activities on 18th‐century Paris. His age kept him clear of …

Though Emile is still considered the central pedagogical text of the French Enlightenment, a
myriad of lesser-known thinkers paved the way for Rousseau's masterpiece. Natasha Gill …

HE LIBERAL point of view in education today is practically the same that the French
Enlightenment produced in its last great representative, Condorcet. The 1935 platform of the …

In the discussions of ideas that constitute our daily intellectual environment there are certain
words that reek of cordite and certain writers who give us a sense of peace. The …

Rousseau in his Émile gave Defoe's Robinson Crusoe a position of importance in the
education of his protege. Despite this sponsorship on the part of Rousseau and despite …

This paper analyzes the challenges that Condorcet saw facing France and the ways he
chose to respond to those challenges, thereby posing and resolving the problems of …

This volume examines the evolving reputation of Rousseau as an authority on education in
France from the publication of Emile in 1762 to the fall of the Jacobins in 1794. It takes as its …

Georges Sorel's ideas about education are key to making sense of his critique of the Third
Republic. Cutting across the heated debates over classical as opposed to modern curricula …