The Society of Ity

The society of ity, described by condorce as a conspiracy of decent men, would help organize and lead the newly awakened third estate into political prominence. Its membership rolls read like a hoose hoo list of early revolutionary leaders. And i will note some of them here briefly for the record, but will deal with each of them in turn,. as they moved towards the centre of the action. There was lafayette, of course, the hero of worlds, the prominent lawyer, who had once upon a time been cardinal de rohan's counsel during the diamond necklace affair. The eminent philosopher and mathematician, the marquis de condorce, the popular writer and orator, the com