Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
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Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain is an influential Enlightenment-era philosophical work by Marquis de Condorcet that outlines a progressive, optimistic vision of human intellectual and social advancement through history.
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Target entity: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain Context triple: [Marquis de Condorcet, notableWork, Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain]
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Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations is a major historical and philosophical work by Voltaire that surveys world history to critique religious intolerance and promote Enlightenment ideals.
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Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie is the famous introductory essay to Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, laying out Enlightenment principles of reason, knowledge classification, and intellectual progress.
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El siglo de las luces
El siglo de las luces is a landmark historical novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier that explores the impact of the French Revolution in the Caribbean through his signature blend of baroque style and magical realism.
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Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose is an essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a philosophical vision of human history progressing toward a rational, cosmopolitan civil order.
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Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain Target entity description: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain is an influential Enlightenment-era philosophical work by Marquis de Condorcet that outlines a progressive, optimistic vision of human intellectual and social advancement through history.
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A.
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations is a major historical and philosophical work by Voltaire that surveys world history to critique religious intolerance and promote Enlightenment ideals.
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B.
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie is the famous introductory essay to Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, laying out Enlightenment principles of reason, knowledge classification, and intellectual progress.
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C.
El siglo de las luces
El siglo de las luces is a landmark historical novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier that explores the impact of the French Revolution in the Caribbean through his signature blend of baroque style and magical realism.
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D.
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose is an essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a philosophical vision of human history progressing toward a rational, cosmopolitan civil order.
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E.
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment literature
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philosophical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
abolition of slavery
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equality of rights ⓘ secularism ⓘ universal education ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ |
| author |
Marquis de Condorcet
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Nicolas de Condorcet ⓘ
linked to:
Marquis de Condorcet
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| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
political despotism
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religious intolerance ⓘ superstition ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
intellectual development
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moral development ⓘ social institutions ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy of history
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political philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain, ou Tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century positivism
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liberal political thought ⓘ philosophy of progress ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment rationalism
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French Revolution ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
application of science to social improvement
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indefinite progress ⓘ universal human reason ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
historical progress
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human perfectibility ⓘ progress of the human mind ⓘ rationality ⓘ social progress ⓘ |
| movement |
Enlightenment
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linked to:
Age of Enlightenment
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| notableFor |
early abolitionist arguments
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early defense of women’s equality ⓘ systematic theory of historical progress ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| periodDepicted | from primitive societies to modern Europe ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
belief in indefinite perfectibility of humankind
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optimism about human progress ⓘ |
| posthumous | true ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1795 ⓘ |
| structure | ten stages of human progress ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | Condorcet’s hiding from political persecution ⓘ |
| writtenIn | 18th century ⓘ |
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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat
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Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
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Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain, ou Tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
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linked to: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
Cinq mémoires sur l’instruction publique
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