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<p> [[ | <p> Baron Jean Baptiste de Clootz, a French Revolutionary, born at Clèves; "world-citizen"; his faith that "a world federation is possible, under all manner of customs, provided they hold men"; his pronomen [[Anacharsis]] suggested by his resemblance to an ancient [[Scythian]] prince who had like him a cosmopolitan spirit; was one of the founders of the worship of Reason, and styled himself the "orator of the human race"; distinguished himself at the great Federation, celebrated on the Champ de Mars, by entering the hall on the great Federation Day, June 19,1790, "with the human species at his heels"; was guillotined under protest in the name of the human race (1755-1794). </p> | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_70749"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/clootz,+anacharsis Anacharsis Clootz from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 15 October 2021
Anacharsis Clootz [1]
Baron Jean Baptiste de Clootz, a French Revolutionary, born at Clèves; "world-citizen"; his faith that "a world federation is possible, under all manner of customs, provided they hold men"; his pronomen Anacharsis suggested by his resemblance to an ancient Scythian prince who had like him a cosmopolitan spirit; was one of the founders of the worship of Reason, and styled himself the "orator of the human race"; distinguished himself at the great Federation, celebrated on the Champ de Mars, by entering the hall on the great Federation Day, June 19,1790, "with the human species at his heels"; was guillotined under protest in the name of the human race (1755-1794).