seamustheseagull t1_irmkozb wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:28 PM

Reply to comment by couchmaster518 in TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ

I thought you meant that this was some real specific attempt to get rid of Sunday in particular; maybe an anti-religious thing in the new Republic.

But no, all days were eliminated, replaced with a ten-day week with days named "First" to "Tenth".

Why did you single out Sunday in particular?

Ediwir t1_irmo8rj wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Anticlericalism and antireligiousness were important components of the philosophy of the time, because religion was seen as a tool of the old nobility. However they were not shared by the population at large.

couchmaster518 t1_irmod97 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Because I was trying (but poorly) to make that exact point; removing Sunday de-religious-ized (??) the calendar so a secular society could be established. The attempt failed, obviously.