Radical Philosophy
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette's legacy mainly consists of his ultra-radical philosophies that were regarded excessive even by his contemporary colleagues. Especially his convictions on the uselessness of religion were frowned upon by deist Robespierre and most other "moderate" Montagnards and they ultimately led to his execution. In a time in which Catholicism was still deeply embedded in France, Chaumette's views can safely be regarded as shared by a very small minority only. Yet, they are emblematic of the ideological progression to evermore radical ideas that was prevalent in Revolutionary France. Furthermore, his emphasis on reason and natural facts are the high point of the French Enlightenment thinking as they are the logical heir of Rousseau, Voltaire, and the philosophers mentioned above.
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