A report on An Essay on the Principle of Population and Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind

Title page of the original edition of 1798
Part of Thomas Malthus's table of population growth in England 1780–1810, from his An Essay on the Principle of Population, 6th edition, 1826

The first edition of An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) by Thomas Malthus was largely written as a response to the work of William Godwin and Condorcet's Sketch, as is evidenced by its full title: "An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it affects the Future Improvement of Society with remarks on the Speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers".

- Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind

The Marquis de Condorcet had published his utopian vision of social progress and the perfectibility of man Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de l'Espirit Humain (Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind) in 1794.

- An Essay on the Principle of Population
Title page of the original edition of 1798

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Portrait of Marquis of Condorcet by Jean-Baptist Greuze

Marquis de Condorcet

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French philosopher and mathematician.

French philosopher and mathematician.

Portrait of Marquis of Condorcet by Jean-Baptist Greuze
Jacques Turgot was Condorcet's mentor and longtime friend
The most famous work by de Condorcet, Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progres de l'esprit humain, 1795. With this posthumous book the development of the Age of Enlightenment is considered generally ended.
Condorcet was symbolically interred in the Panthéon (pictured) in 1989.

In 1795, Condorcet's book Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind was published after his death by his wife Sophie de Grouchy.

Thomas Malthus wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) partly in response to Condorcet's views on the "perfectibility of society."