« Ci-gît, enfin, un tyran ! », ou une épitaphe en tant que prophétie dans les Apologues modernes de Sylvain Maréchal (1789)

The purpose of this essay is to analyse a forgotten work by Sylvain Maréchal, French political writer the Enlightenment. Written on eve Revolution, his Apologues modernes heavily criticize socio-political system monarchy Louis XVI. analysis proves that author does not limit himself criticising situation before 1789, but he clearly predicts events forthcoming revolution and resulting change. One could say that, like true prophet, foresees end as such proclaims arrival new social order, universal republic, only in France, Europe general.