Sieyès

[ sye-yes ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Em·ma·nu·el Jo·seph [e-m, a, -n, y, -, el, zhaw-, zef], Abbé Sieyès, 1748–1836, French priest and revolutionist.

Sieyès

/ sjejɛs /

SieyèsEmmanuel Joseph17481836MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: political theoristRELIGION: clergyman Emmanuel Joseph (ɛmanɥɛl ʒozɛf), called Abbé Sieyès. 1748–1836, French statesman, political theorist, and churchman, who became prominent during the Revolution following the publication of his pamphlet Qu'est-ce que le tiers état? (1789). He was instrumental in bringing Napoleon I to power (1799)

He says of the fourth estate what Sieyès said of the third, What is the fourth estate?

What things, O Sieyès, with thy clear assiduous eyes, art thou to see!

The victorious cause pleased the gods, the vanquished one pleased Sieyès (victa Catoni).

He refused to meet Sieyès, and persistently denounced and vilified Mirabeau.

The broad principle on which Sieyès acted was that the Commons were really the nation.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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