The Enlightenment was a period where reason, freedom, progress and happiness was fundamental to the development of the modern world, but not every philosophe had the same ideas of the key enlightenment concepts. Condorcet and Rousseau both had different leanings towards their ideas of progress and freedom, and of equality, education and progresses of science, technology and the arts.. They also had opposing ideas of the state of man. As such, not all Enlightenment thinkers had the same ideas of the modern world, and each believed something different to the next.
The Enlightenment achieved the development of the modern world, and the search to know more about the society humans have created. Condorcet’s views of progress and freedom were reflected in his ideas of education, science and technology.…show more content… He had an idealistic approach that if all people from all nations had access to education, then we would be able to achieve our aspirations which would lead to freedom and equality, which would then lead into equality of wealth , and that humans would no longer arise in conflict and there would be less competition. He believed that a structured education system would rectify the natural inequality of society, and would lead to the perfection of the human race, and would make humans happier as a whole (Condorcet in Kramnick, 1995, p. 32). Condorcet was very egalitarian, and had a liberal approach to inequalities: He focused on the inequalities of society, such as gender, status, education and wealth.
“We might say that a well directed system of education rectifies natural inequality in ability instead of strengthening it.” (Condorcet in Kramnick, 1995, p.32)
This point of view is something that seems rational. Bringing equality of education, in order to lead a more knowledgeable society, that would bring about progression technology, sciences and the arts, and a equal society seems idealistic in its
