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Apr 01, 1753 Chambéry, Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France Died on 26 Feb 1821 (aged 67)
Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat
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About Joseph De Maistre
- Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre (French: [d? m?st?]; 1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) was a French-speaking Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer and diplomat who advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution.
- Despite his close personal and intellectual ties with France, Maistre was throughout his life a subject of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia, whom he served as member of the Savoy Senate (1787–1792), ambassador to Russia (1803–1817) and minister of state to the court in Turin (1817–1821).A key figure of the Counter-Enlightenment, Maistre regarded monarchy as both a divinely sanctioned institution and as the only stable form of government.
- He called for the restoration of the House of Bourbon to the throne of France and for the ultimate authority of the Pope in temporal matters.
- Maistre argued that the rationalist rejection of Christianity was directly responsible for the disorder and bloodshed which followed the French Revolution of 1789.
