On Privilege: What is the Third Estate?

Author: [French] Sieyès
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The two essays included in this book are the representative works of Sieyès, a famous French revolutionary lawyer and political thinker. What is the Third Estate? exposes the monopolistic and parasitic nature of the privileged class, as well as the harm caused by privileges to the state and society. On Privilege focuses on addressing three questions: What is the Third Estate? It is everything, the whole nation; What is the Third Estate's position in the political order? Nothing; What does the Third Estate demand? It demands to be something. This book played a significant role in the propaganda and mobilization efforts before the French Revolution.