Introduction to Robespierre: Robespierre was a French lawyer‚ politician and one of the most influential figures of the French- Revolution. Influenced by 18th century philosophes such as Rousseau‚ he was a capable articulator of the beliefs of the left-wing bourgeoisie. Successes: Gained support of the majority: He gained the title “incorruptible”. Particularly interested in the rights of man and revolutionary virtue. Earned his reputation in the Estates General as a defender of the poor.
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the crowd leaders emerge‚ the intelligent‚ the most powerful‚ and the ones who can get the job done. In two of history’s more renowned revolutions‚ the French and Russian‚ two great thinkers pushed the revolution onward‚ Robespierre and Lenin‚ respectively. Maximilien Robespierre was born on May 6‚ 1758‚ the son of a lawyer in Arras. His life was successful early on‚ being awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Louis-le-Grand College in Paris. Here he was prominent in his studies of philosophy
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Mahatma Gandhi and Maximilien Robespierre were two nationalists that eventually killed because of their beliefs and protests. Although they were similar they had different ways of or methods of protesting. Gandhi used a peaceful non violent method that changed lives for all of the hindus and muslims in india and across the world. He led several protests where he did not strike one hit nor did anyone else‚ this made a statement about him and his protests. When he was killed‚ his killer ended up being
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Robespierre: Evil or Virtuous? “Virtue‚ without which terror is destructive; terror‚ without which virtue is impotent” (Zizek). Maximilien Robespierre said this in a speech when people were starting to question his judgment. He believed that to be only virtuous was difficult‚ and without some terror added in‚ the world would go into turmoil as no one would follow their leader. A leader has to be strong and forceful‚ and sometimes even terrifying to get their point across‚ or to get people to follow
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rid of it. Jacobins‚ a group of radicals‚ became enemies of France because they were murdering the people of their own country. This is when Robespierre took control. I disagree with the statement " Robespierre was a good‚ virtuous‚ honest‚ and principled man. He is a hero!" I don’t like the strategy he used to try to wipe out all of France’s past. Robespierre was a Jacobin‚ a type of radical who
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extremely difficult to find. A couple of people in history that fall into this category of courageous and strong leaders are Mahatma Gandhi and Maximilien Robespierre. While Gandhi and Robespierre have their differences‚ they both risked their lives while battling against the inequality among their people. Gandhi fought for the equality in India and Robespierre fought for the equality in France. Both of these brave men strived towards a country that did not treat people differently based on their race‚ social
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Robespierre’s Justification for State Terror Maximilien Robespierre states‚ “What is the goal toward which we are heading? The peaceful enjoyment of liberty and equality.” (Bienvenu‚ p. 1‚ para.1) The laws that have been passed by the royalty that are meant to bring long lasting righteousness‚ are laws that are recognized; these laws are not written any where but in the essence of all individuals. Robespierre was elected as the representative of the National Convention and joined a political club
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Terror was a phase during the French Revolution when many people of France were executed for supposedly being ‘Enemies of the Revolution’. The Committee of Public Safety were behind most of the deaths and they were lead mainly by Maximilien de Robespierre. The greatest factors of the Terror were the revolution itself‚ internal political rivalry‚ social and economic problems‚ wars‚ leadership‚ violence and the Thermidorian reaction. These can be broadly put into the following categories: the causes
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Robespierre The Tyrant of The French Revolution Jetson Villena 2-1 March 9 Mr Miles Socials 9 Maximilien Robespierre The French revolution was one of the central events in the western civilization led by Maximilein Robespierre and his reign of terror that lasted from 1787-1799[rjgeib]. Even though Robespierre took out the monarchy‚ he wasn’t a better ruler than Louis XVI; instead he became
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were Maximilien Robespierre‚ Louis Saint-Just‚ Jean Paul Marat‚ Jaques-Rene Hebert‚ Jaques Roux and Georges Danton. Robespierre was among the radical Jacobins and he opposed the idea of a war against the kings of Europe‚ arguing‚ "War would not create revolutions abroad but would lead to a military dictatorship in France." The Jacobins lost this argument resulting in the first stage of the radical revolution as France declared war on Austria‚ on 20 April 1792. Despite Robespierre ’s objections to
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