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The Cult of Reason was intended to complement, in the religious sphere, the radical opposition of the '' Enragés '' to Robespierre's political project. In particular, Chaumette and Hébert objected to Robespierre's emphasis on the Supreme Being as a back-handed return to Theism , and instead advocated the worship of Reason , personified as a goddess. The Cult of Reason enjoyed a certain support among the '' Sans-culottes '' before the persecution of the Hébertistes drove it underground. Both cults, however, were the outcome of the "de-Christianization" Of French Society during the Revolution, and suffered during the Thermidorian Reaction and Napoléon Bonaparte 's ''rapprochement'' with Roman Catholicism . SEE ALSO
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