Wow, I never thought I'd receive such detailed, quick responses. You guys are amazing. Thank you!
I've read some of Monstesquieu and Rousseau's works and suspected that Robespierre was at least partially inspired by their ideals. Then again, I don't see the necessity for the Cult of Supreme Being (indeed, I shouldn't judge him from a 21st century American perspective), but I guess that was one of his ways of achieving Rousseauian ideals.
I kind of get the idea that "The Terror" was in fact, a reaction to counterrevolutionaries, which I agree were great threats to the very existence of the French Republic.
As for primary sources, I do not speak a lick of French but I have Google Translate, haha. And I also found some accounts in English in Modern History Sourcebook. Did Robespierre happen to write anything in Latin?
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I've read some of Monstesquieu and Rousseau's works and suspected that Robespierre was at least partially inspired by their ideals. Then again, I don't see the necessity for the Cult of Supreme Being (indeed, I shouldn't judge him from a 21st century American perspective), but I guess that was one of his ways of achieving Rousseauian ideals.
I kind of get the idea that "The Terror" was in fact, a reaction to counterrevolutionaries, which I agree were great threats to the very existence of the French Republic.
As for primary sources, I do not speak a lick of French but I have Google Translate, haha. And I also found some accounts in English in Modern History Sourcebook. Did Robespierre happen to write anything in Latin?