The Rights of Man · Character
Abbé Sieyès
French revolutionary clergyman and author of political pamphlets.
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Also known as the Abbé Sieyès, Sieyès
First appearance: part first being an answer to mr burke s attack on the french revolution
Abbé Sieyès shows up with force in Of the Old and New Systems of Government. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Paine addresses this chapter to the Abbé Sieyès, to whom he is engaged to discuss monarchical government.
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