Rachel Hammersley, a Professor of Intellectual History, Richard Whatmore, a Professor of Modern History, and Tom Hopkins, a Senior Teaching Associate, dive into the life and ideas of Nicolas de Condorcet, a prominent figure of the French Enlightenment. They discuss Condorcet's unwavering commitment to social progress, equal rights, and the abolition of slavery. His ambitious visions of human perfectibility and republican governance amid the chaos of the French Revolution reveal the powerful influence his work continues to have on modern thought.
