Despite his essay on gonorrhea and a translation of Newton's Opticks, he was never admitted to the Academy of Sciences.
Despite his essay on gonorrhea and a translation of Newton's Opticks, he was never admitted to the Academy of Sciences. The author of The Chains of Slavery and A Philosophical Essay on Man, he was nearly deified after his death and placed in the Pantheon, although his body was removed after the Thermidorian reaction. While he showed a sympathetic attitude to the monarchy in "Offering to Our Country," he radically shifted his tone and attacked the Girondins. The publisher of The Friend of the People, he was in a medicinal bath combating his skin disease when he was visited by Charlotte Corday. For 10 points, name this radical French revolutionary whose death was depicted by Jacques-Louis David.
Despite his essay on gonorrhea and a translation of Newton's Opticks, he was never admitted to the Academy of Sciences.
Jean-Paul {Marat}