HIST 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Mary Shelley, William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft
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Seminar 15 political thought of the french revolution. --abbe siey s is an important figure in the revolution and post-revolutionary politics. In 1799, he was among the major conspirators to help napoleon bonaparte to gain power in the coup d"etat of 18 brumaire. A political pamphlet against the organization of the estates general. --to have the at least the same number of representatives in the estates general as the privileged estates. -- the prosperity of a nation depends on those who work in public sectors and in different industries. -- most of those who work are from the third estate, 19 out of 20. But they are oppressed up to that time. --privileges vs. rights upper two estates vs. the third estate. Privileges do not make on free, but rather the rights belong to everyone . -- so if the third estate is not free, neither will be the whole nation.
