Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
- Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
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The Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind is a work by the French philosopher and mathematician Marquis de Condorcet, written in 1794 while in prison during the French Revolution and published posthumously.
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