“As the mind learns to understand more complicated combinations of ideas, simpler formulae soon reduce their complexity; so truths that were discovered only by great effort, that could at first only be understood by men capable of profound thought, are soon developed and proved by methods that are not beyond the reach of common intelligence. The strength and the limits of man”
Quote by Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
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Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, was a prominent French philosopher, mathematician, and Enlightenment thinker of the 18th century. He advocated for rationalism, freedom, equality, and love, and had a profound impact on the French Revolution. more
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