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“If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural unit taken from the earth itself offers another advantage, that of being perfectly analogous to all the real measurements that in ordinary usage are also made upon the earth, such as the distance between two places or the area of some tract, for example. It is far more natural in practice to refer geographical distances to a quadrant of a great circle than to the length of a pendulum.”

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Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
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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