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On 18 Floreal (May 7th 1794) Maximilien Robespierre addressed the National Convention, summarised the course of the revolution and explained the relationship between virtue and terror: “It is time to mark clearly the aim of the Revolution and the end toward which we wish to move. It is time to take stock of ourselves, of the obstacles which ...
Robespierre used the event as a means to combat the "moral counterrevolution" taking place among his rivals. Additionally, he hoped to stem "the monster Atheism" that was a result of the radical secularization in philosophical and social circles. [41]
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Jan 11, 2023 · Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) fue una de las principales figuras de la Revolución francesa (1789-1799). Tras destacar en el radical Club Jacobino, dominó la República Francesa durante el Reinado del Terror, supervisando las ejecuciones de sospechosos de contrarrevolución. Fue derrocado y ejecutado el 28 de julio de 1794.
Maximilien Robespierre. To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. Maximilien Robespierre. Pity is treason. Maximilien Robespierre. Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. Maximilien Robespierre. Again, it may be said, that to love ...
Reign of Terror, period of the French Revolution from September 5, 1793, to July 27, 1794 (9 Thermidor, year II). With civil war spreading from the Vendée and hostile armies surrounding France on all sides, the Revolutionary government decided to make “Terror” the order of the day (September 5 decree) and to take harsh measures against ...
Jul 15, 2021 · As Robespierre’s most recent biographer, Peter McPhee, argues, rather than thinking of Robespierre as the man who ruined the revolution, we should see him as a man that the revolution ruined. To understand why Robespierre and other revolutionary leaders supported such extreme measures we must unravel the tangled, toxic world of revolutionary ...
