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Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the 'Cult of the Supreme Being'

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08.06.1794

Napoleon later banned it.

Robespierre believed that reason is only a means to an end, and the singular end is virtue. He sought to move beyond simple deism (often described as Voltairean by its adherents) to a new and, in his view, more rational devotion to the Godhead. The primary principles of the Cult of the Supreme Being were a belief in the existence of a god and the immortality of the human soul.

 Though not inconsistent with Christian doctrine, these beliefs were put to the service of Robespierre's fuller meaning, which was of a type of civic-minded, public virtue he attributed to the Greeks and Romans.

 This type of virtue could only be attained through active fidelity to liberty and democracy.

 Belief in a living god and a higher moral code, he said, were "constant reminders of justice" and thus essential to a republican society

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    1Napoleon  BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte15.08.176905.05.1821en, fr, lv, pl, ru
    2Maximilien  RobespierreMaximilien Robespierre06.05.175828.07.1794en, lv, ru
    3Louis  XVIIILouis XVIII17.11.175516.09.1824en, lv, ru
    4Šarls Taleirāns- PerigorsŠarls Taleirāns- Perigors02.02.175417.05.1838lv, ru
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