Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain

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Enlightenment literature philosophical work treatise

Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain is an influential Enlightenment-era philosophical work by Marquis de Condorcet that outlines a progressive, optimistic vision of human intellectual and social advancement through history.

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Label	Occurrences
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain canonical	3
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain, ou Tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain	1
Sketches of the History of Man	1

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Target entity: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
Context triple: [Marquis de Condorcet, notableWork, Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain]

A. Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations is a major historical and philosophical work by Voltaire that surveys world history to critique religious intolerance and promote Enlightenment ideals.
B. Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie is the famous introductory essay to Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, laying out Enlightenment principles of reason, knowledge classification, and intellectual progress.
C. El siglo de las luces
El siglo de las luces is a landmark historical novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier that explores the impact of the French Revolution in the Caribbean through his signature blend of baroque style and magical realism.
D. Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose is an essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a philosophical vision of human history progressing toward a rational, cosmopolitan civil order.
E. Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
Target entity description: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain is an influential Enlightenment-era philosophical work by Marquis de Condorcet that outlines a progressive, optimistic vision of human intellectual and social advancement through history.

A. Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations is a major historical and philosophical work by Voltaire that surveys world history to critique religious intolerance and promote Enlightenment ideals.
B. Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie
Discours préliminaire de l’Encyclopédie is the famous introductory essay to Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, laying out Enlightenment principles of reason, knowledge classification, and intellectual progress.
C. El siglo de las luces
El siglo de las luces is a landmark historical novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier that explores the impact of the French Revolution in the Caribbean through his signature blend of baroque style and magical realism.
D. Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose is an essay by Immanuel Kant that outlines a philosophical vision of human history progressing toward a rational, cosmopolitan civil order.
E. Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain
Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain is a major philosophical work by Leibniz in which he systematically responds to John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and develops his own theory of knowledge, innate ideas, and the nature of the mind.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Enlightenment literature ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ treatise ⓘ
advocatesFor	abolition of slavery ⓘ equality of rights ⓘ secularism ⓘ universal education ⓘ women’s rights ⓘ
author	Marquis de Condorcet ⓘ Marquis de Condorcet ⓘ surface form: Nicolas de Condorcet
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
criticizes	political despotism ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ superstition ⓘ
focusesOn	intellectual development ⓘ moral development ⓘ social institutions ⓘ
genre	philosophy of history ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle	Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ surface form: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain, ou Tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain
influenced	19th-century positivism ⓘ liberal political thought ⓘ philosophy of progress ⓘ
influencedBy	Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ French Revolution ⓘ
keyConcept	application of science to social improvement ⓘ indefinite progress ⓘ universal human reason ⓘ
mainTheme	historical progress ⓘ human perfectibility ⓘ progress of the human mind ⓘ rationality ⓘ social progress ⓘ
movement	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment
notableFor	early abolitionist arguments ⓘ early defense of women’s equality ⓘ systematic theory of historical progress ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
periodDepicted	from primitive societies to modern Europe ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	belief in indefinite perfectibility of humankind ⓘ optimism about human progress ⓘ
posthumous	true ⓘ
publicationYear	1795 ⓘ
structure	ten stages of human progress ⓘ
writtenDuring	Condorcet’s hiding from political persecution ⓘ
writtenIn	18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marquis de Condorcet → notableWork → Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ

Henry Home, Lord Kames → notableWork → Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sketches of the History of Man

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat → notableWork → Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ

Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain → hasAlternativeTitle → Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain, ou Tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain

Cinq mémoires sur l’instruction publique → relatedWork → Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ

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