Outlines of an Historical View: Of the Progress of the Human Mind: Being a Posthumous Work of the Late (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Condorcert, M. De

 
9781330832035: Outlines of an Historical View: Of the Progress of the Human Mind: Being a Posthumous Work of the Late (Classic Reprint)

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This faculty as developed In him by the action of external objects, that is, by the presence of cer tain complex sensations, the constancy of which, whether In their identical whole, or in the laws of their change, is independent of himself. It 13 also exercised by communication with other similarly organised individuals, and by all the artificial means which, from the first developement of this faculty, men have succeeded In inventing.

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This faculty as developed In him by the action of external objects, that is, by the presence of cer tain complex sensations, the constancy of which, whether In their identical whole, or in the laws of their change, is independent of himself. It 13 also exercised by communication with other similarly organised individuals, and by all the artificial means which, from the first developement of this faculty, men have succeeded In inventing.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Outlines of an Historical View: Of the Progress of the Human Mind: Being a Posthumous Work of the Late

Condorcet, proscribed by a sanguinary faction, formed the idea of addressing to his fellow-citizens a summary of his principles, and of his conduct in public affairs. He set down a few lines in execution of this project: but when he recollected, as he was obliged to do, thirty years of labor directed to the public service, and the multitude of fugitive pieces in which, since the revolution, he had uniformly attacked every institution inimical to liberty, he rejected the idea of a useless justification. Free as he was from the dominion of the passions, he could not consent to stain the purity of his mind by recollecting his persecutors; perpetually and sublimely inattentive to himself, he determined to consecrate the short space that remained between him and death to a work of general and permanent utility. That work is the performance now given to the world.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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ISBN 10:  048311846X ISBN 13:  9780483118461
Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018
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