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Condorcet
(gcide)
Condorcet \Condorcet\ (k[o^]N`d[^o]r*s[=a]") prop. n.
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet,
was a celebrated French philosopher and mathematician, Born
at Ribemont, near St. Quentin, France, Sept. 17, 1743: died
at Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, March 28, 1794. . His most
important work was on probability and the philosophy of
mathematics. He was a deputy to the Legislative Assembly in
1791, and its president 1792, and a deputy to the Convention
in 1792, where he sided with the Girondists. After the fall
of the latter he was accused (Oct. 3, 1793) with Brissot, and
went into hiding in Paris for eight months to save his life.
He found shelter with a Madame Vernet. He then left the city,
but was arrested at Clamart, near Bourg-la-Reine, and
imprisoned. The next morning he was found dead, probably from
poison. He contributed to the "Encyclop['e]die," and wrote
"Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progr[`e]s de l'esprit
humain" (1794), and various mathematical works.
His most important mathematical treatise was "Essay on the
Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority
Decisions" (1785), an extremely important work in the
development of the theory of probability. His work in
probability led him to a study of voting methods, and laid
the groundwork for the various ranked-pairs voting methods,
which are often referred to as Condorcet's Method (for
which see [a

href="http:]/www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcets_Method">Condorcet's
method. --Robert D. Hilliard + --Century Dictionary, 1906
[PJC]
condorcet
(wn)
Condorcet
n 1: French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794) [syn:
Condorcet, Marquis de Condorcet, {Marie Jean Antoine
Nicolas Caritat}]
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Condorcet
(gcide)
Condorcet \Condorcet\ (k[o^]N`d[^o]r*s[=a]") prop. n.
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet,
was a celebrated French philosopher and mathematician, Born
at Ribemont, near St. Quentin, France, Sept. 17, 1743: died
at Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, March 28, 1794. . His most
important work was on probability and the philosophy of
mathematics. He was a deputy to the Legislative Assembly in
1791, and its president 1792, and a deputy to the Convention
in 1792, where he sided with the Girondists. After the fall
of the latter he was accused (Oct. 3, 1793) with Brissot, and
went into hiding in Paris for eight months to save his life.
He found shelter with a Madame Vernet. He then left the city,
but was arrested at Clamart, near Bourg-la-Reine, and
imprisoned. The next morning he was found dead, probably from
poison. He contributed to the "Encyclop['e]die," and wrote
"Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progr[`e]s de l'esprit
humain" (1794), and various mathematical works.
His most important mathematical treatise was "Essay on the
Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority
Decisions" (1785), an extremely important work in the
development of the theory of probability. His work in
probability led him to a study of voting methods, and laid
the groundwork for the various ranked-pairs voting methods,
which are often referred to as Condorcet's Method (for
which see [a

href="http:]/www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcets_Method">Condorcet's
method. --Robert D. Hilliard + --Century Dictionary, 1906
[PJC]