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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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TPThomas PaineTRThomas RickmanEBEdmund BurkeHLHenry LaurensASAbbé Sieyès

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