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  2. Raison d'être - Wikipedia

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    Raison d'être / ˌ r eɪ z ɒ̃ ˈ d ɛ t r ə / is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be." Raison d'être may ...

  3. Cult of Reason - Wikipedia

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    The Cult of Reason (French: Culte de la Raison) [note 1] was France's first established state-sponsored atheistic religion, intended as a replacement for Roman Catholicism during the French Revolution. After holding sway for barely a year, in 1794 it was officially replaced by the rival deistic Cult of the Supreme Being, promoted by Robespierre.

  4. Cult of the Supreme Being - Wikipedia

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    The Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême) [note 1] was a form of deism established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution as the intended state religion of France and a replacement for its rival, the Cult of Reason, and of Roman Catholicism.

  5. Temple of Reason - Wikipedia

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    A Republican inscription on a former church: "Temple of reason and philosophy", Saint Martin, Ivry-La-Bataille. A Temple of Reason (French: Temple de la Raison) was, during the French Revolution, a state atheist temple for a new belief system created to replace Christianity: the Cult of Reason, which was based on the ideals of reason, virtue, and liberty.

  6. Fall of Maximilien Robespierre - Wikipedia

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    Jacques-René Hébert Georges Danton. Robespierre did not reappear in the National Convention until 7 May (18 Floréal). For this day he had planned a speech addressing the relationship between religion, morality, and the republican principles; and to establish the Cult of the Supreme Being in place of the Cult of Reason promoted by de-Christianizers like the Hébertists. [14]

  7. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    one who has emigrated for political reasons. French also use the word exilé (exiled) or réfugié (refugee) or even "exilé politique" or "réfugié politique". encore A request to repeat a performance, as in Encore!, lit. 'again'; also used to describe additional songs played at the end of a gig. Francophones would say « Une autre !

  8. Jacobin (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Another tenet of Jacobinism is a secularism that includes the elimination of existing religions in favor of one run by the state (i.e., the cults of Reason and the Supreme Being). [13] [14] Jacobinism was as an ideology thus developed and implemented during the French Revolution of 1789.

  9. The Age of Reason - Wikipedia

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    The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a work by English and American political activist Thomas Paine, arguing for the philosophical position of deism. It follows in the tradition of 18th-century British deism, and challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible .