Virtue, as Socrates taught, is simply a question of knowledge.

The situation, therefore, is not hopeless.

For it is not due to the radical nature of man; it is caused by ignorance and prejudice, by governments and institutions, by kings and priests.

Transform the ideas of men, and society will be transformed.

The French philosopher considered that a reformed system of educating children would be one of the most powerful means for promoting progress and bringing about the reign of reason; and Condorcet worked out a scheme of universal state education.