His wife Sophie de Grouchy ran a famous salon in the offices he occupied as inspector general of the mint.
One of this man's treatises divides the history of the world into nine epochs and makes predictions about the future "tenth epoch." His wife Sophie de Grouchy ran a famous salon in the offices he occupied as inspector general of the mint. He designed the education system of Revolutionary France. He developed his theory that humanity was constantly advancing toward perfection in Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind, which he wrote while hiding from the Jacobins. This theorizer of a namesake "jury theorem" discussed a paradox in which a candidate can win an election when a majority of voters prefer a different candidate. For 10 points, name this French enlightenment thinker whose namesake criterion is met when a winning candidate is preferred over all other candidates.
One of this man's treatises divides the history of the world into nine epochs and makes predictions about the future "tenth epoch."
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet