Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (French: [maʁi ʒɑ n‿ɑ twan nikola də kaʁita kɔ dɔʁsɛ]; 17 September 1743 – 28 March 1794), known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method in voting tally selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated a liberal...
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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (French: [maʁi ʒɑ n‿ɑ twan nikola də kaʁita kɔ dɔʁsɛ]; 17 September 1743 – 28 March 1794), known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method in voting tally selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated a liberal...