Condorcet’s analysis of the development process of religion

Year 2012, Volume: 11 Issue: 22, 137 - 157, 30.12.2012

Tamer Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.14395/jdiv35

Abstract

In this article I am going to discuss Marquis de Condorcet’s (1743–1794) definition of religion and his approach to the historical development of religion on the basis of his work, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind. Condorcet lived in the later period of the French Enlightenment. His discussions of religion deserves to be carefully examined given the fact that he is considered to be the last of the French Encyclopedists and that his work is given less attention than works of many other Enlightenment thinkers.

Keywords

Enlightenment, Condorcet, Religion, French Encyclopedists, Progressivism.

Condercet'nin Dini Gelişim Sürecini Tahlili

Abstract

Bu makalede, 18. yüzyıldaki Fransız Aydınlanmasının son döneminde yer alan ya da daha doğru ifadesiyle Ansiklopedistlerin sonuncusu olan ve diğer Aydınlanma düşünürleri kadar kendisine önem verilmeyen Marquis de Condorcet’nin (1743–1794) özellikle dini nasıl tanımladığı ve dinin tarihsel gelişimini nasıl değerlendirdiği konusu, yazmış olduğu “İnsan Zekâsının İlerlemeleri Üzerinde Tarihi Bir Tablo Taslağı (Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès d l’esprit humain)” (1794) adlı eserinin ışığında incelenecektir.

Keywords

Aydınlanma, Condorcet, Din, Fransız Ansiklopedistleri, İlerlemecilik.

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