CONTENTS 1 Men Failing at Feminism and the Exception of Condorcet 2 Misogyny of the Philosophes, Stewards of the Status Quo 3 Condorcet’s Feminist Writing 4 Condorcet’s Personal Relationships and Why He Became a Feminist 5 Condorcet’s Legacy Among the Philosophes    and the Value of His Feminism for Today’s Man   APPENDIX A Question of Terms: Feminist Over Pro-Feminist The 18th Century Clamor for Gender Equality: Forefathers and Foremothers of Contemporary Feminism The Early Struggle for Gender Equality: A Timeline About the Author/Works Cited

"Condorcet’s Legacy among the Philosophes and the Value of his Feminism for Today’s Man," Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 2008. (PDF article via essaysinhumanism.org)

About the Author
Jeff Nall is the author of Perpetual Revolt: Essays on Peace & Justice and The Shared Values of Secular, Spiritual, and Religious Progressives (2008). Two of his essays appear in Cost of Freedom: The Anthology of Peace & Activism. His work, "Condorcet's Legacy among the Philosophes and the Value of his Feminism for Today's Man," appeared in the 2008 issue of the journal, Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism. In 2006, Nall's essay, "A New Vision for Freethought: Reaching Out to Friends in Faithful Places," appeared in the same journal. He has also published a work, "Illusion of Conversion," on Catholicism's supposed spiritual conquest of the Aztecs in the 2006 issue of Confluence, The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies. Nall's work regularly appears in Toward Freedom and Z magazine.

Jeff Nall holds a Master of Liberal Studies degree from Rollins College. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Comparative Studies: Public Intellectuals at Florida Atlantic University. Jeff Nall currently resides in South Florida with his wife and children.

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