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| − | '''Jean Paul Marat''' was a leader of the [[Cordeliers Club]] (a radical group in France) along with [[Georges Danton]]. He was assassinated in 1793 by a young Girondist named [[Charlotte Corday]], who believed that his death would end the [[French Revolution]]. | + | '''Jean Paul Marat''' was a leader of the [[Cordeliers Club]] (a radical group in France) along with [[Georges Danton]]. He was assassinated in 1793 by a young Girondist named [[Charlotte Corday]], who believed that his death would end the [[French Revolution]]. Like most of the people involved in the French Revolution, he was a huge follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, even adopting a disheveled and unbathed appearance specifically to "live simply and according to the precepts of [Rousseau]."<ref>http://www.stephenhicks.org/2010/01/07/rousseau-and-the-french-revolution/</ref> |
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''La muerte de Marat'' by [[Santiago Rebull]]. | ''La muerte de Marat'' by [[Santiago Rebull]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:09, December 14, 2014
Jean Paul Marat was a leader of the Cordeliers Club (a radical group in France) along with Georges Danton. He was assassinated in 1793 by a young Girondist named Charlotte Corday, who believed that his death would end the French Revolution. Like most of the people involved in the French Revolution, he was a huge follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, even adopting a disheveled and unbathed appearance specifically to "live simply and according to the precepts of [Rousseau]."[1]
La muerte de Marat by Santiago Rebull.