"A belief in the ultimate perfectibility of man lies at the root of all progressive thinking about the human condition. The philosophes and Godwin had familiarized the reading public with this notion; it was left to Condorcet to give it its finest and most durable expression ... But it is as the most fully developed exposition of the progress of man that Condorcet's work is now remembered, and it is this which has given it its lasting appeal." (Printing and the Mind of Man 246). This important work was translated into German by Ernst Ludwig Posselt (1763-1804), a professor of eloquence at Karlsruhe and one of the finest literary scholars and translators of his day. OCLC lists only one copy, at Keio University. Not in RLIN or COPAC.