[Collectif] Collection of speeches delivered at various Temp - Lot 170

[Collectif] Collection of speeches delivered at various Temples of Theophilanthropy. Paris, au bureau des ouvrages de la Théophilanthropie, years VI and VII (1797-1799). One volume. 9.5 by 16 cm. 14 texts are collected in this collection, with separate paginations. Modern half-chagrin, 3 ribbed spine (unfinished binding, lacking paper boards and titling). Good condition (with some freckling to speeches, and three leaves with small paper tears in margins, with no text missing). MICHEL (J. A.): Discours sur l'amour de la Patrie. Paris, an V. 12 pages Sur la puissance de la Morale et sur son plus ferme appui. 16 pages Discours sur la loi naturelle. Paris, year VI. 12 pages Discours sur la conscience, ses lumières et ses lois. 11 pages LAURISSET (P. N.): Discourse on the difference between superstition and natural religion. 12 pages DUBROCA (J.-F.): Discourse on the anniversary of Theophilanthropy. 30 nivôse an VI. 16 pages Sur la Fête des époux. 12 pages Sur la fête de l'agriculture. 8 pages Sur la fête de la reconnaissance. 15 pages Discours sur le fête de la vieillesse. Paris, 10 fructidor an VI. 18 pages La religion naturelle est-elle absurde, intolérante, contraires aux idées reçues et conduit-elle au fanatisme? Year 7. 24 pages On Marriage and Divorce (...). 22 pages On Philosophy. 24 pages [DUBROCA (J.-F.)] In Praise of Washington. 47 pages Theophilanthropy is an attempt at a natural, rationalist religion, intended in the minds of certain revolutionaries to take the place of Christianity without its defects. It is as much a philosophical cult as a civic one, based on a number of beliefs: monotheism or the existence of a single God (Supreme Being) and the immortality of the soul. Supported by the Directoire in 1797, it was banned by the Consulate in 1801 and 1804. Founded in part by Freemasons, it is a blend of tolerant spirituality, reason and civic-mindedness. Theophilanthropy texts are hard to find...