Jean Antoine Condorcet (1743-1794) is known as a representative of the French enlightenment of the 18th century. His philosophical and sociological views are closely related to the views of French encyclopedists. Condorcet, like French encyclopedists, recognized the human mind as a measure of social development; in matters of philosophy, he followed Locke's well-trodden path; in matters of economics and politics, he developed the ideas of the physiocrat Turgot.