EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Deism, Radicalization
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First, note that the reference to supreme being and not god is intentional. But, as we"ve seen, some kind of religious practice or ritual is necessary to forge the intimate union of the nation-state. So, a cult of reason is organized. Could you oppose it to the monk"s speech in brecht"s galileo. Religion not there to ground people within a tradition or to give their (miserable) lives meaning, but, rather, to provide transcendent justification for revolution. The revolution as a spectacle to delight the supreme being. Lawyer and politician in the estates general. Advocate for poor and universal (male) suffrage. Radical measures to save and extend the principle of the revolution. The author of nature linked all mortals together in an immense chain of love and happiness. Perish the tyrants who have dared to break it . Frenchmen, republicans, it is up to you to cleanse the earth they have sullied .
