This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age. It contains all of Paine's major works including Rights of Man, his groundbreaking defence of the revolutionary cause in France;Common Sense, which won thousands over to the side of the American rebels; and the first part of The Age of Reason, a ferocious attack on Christianity. The shorter pieces on capital punishment,...
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passiona...
"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst," declared Thomas Paine, adding, "every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity." Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society culminated with his final work, The Age of Reason. This coolly reasoned polemic influenced religious thinking throughout the world at the dawn of the nineteenth century, and its resonance remains undiminished by time. The selfsame humanist and...
"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst," declared Thomas Paine, adding, "every other species of tyranny is limite...
"The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology," a deistic treatise written by 18th-century British radical and American revolutionary Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible.
"The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology," a deistic treatise written by 18th-century British radical and American rev...
Offering more detailed explanatory notes than earlier versions, this edition reprints together for the first time all of Paine's introductions to the versions published in his lifetime. In his own richly informed Introduction, Claeys elucidates the historical context and the subsequent influence of Paine s text, as well as the major problems in interpreting Paine s theory. Instructors will find this new edition a worthy counterpoint to the Hackett edition of Burke s Reflections on the Revolution in France, edited by J. G. A. Pocock."
Offering more detailed explanatory notes than earlier versions, this edition reprints together for the first time all of Paine's introductions to t...
Thomas Paine, though an Englishman by birth, was a distinguished public figure in both 18th-century France and the United States. The two books presented in this volume elaborate upon his political and social theories.
Thomas Paine, though an Englishman by birth, was a distinguished public figure in both 18th-century France and the United States. The two books presen...
A Complete, Unabridged Edition Of Parts I and II Taken From 'The Writings Of Thomas Paine, ' Collected and Edited By Moncure Conway (Volume Four-1896), To Include A General and Editor's Introduction, Plus All Charts and Tables, In Addition To Detailed Notes and Footnotes With Numerous Comparisons and Critique Of The Initial French Editio
A Complete, Unabridged Edition Of Parts I and II Taken From 'The Writings Of Thomas Paine, ' Collected and Edited By Moncure Conway (Volume Four-1896)...
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sense, signed "Written by an Englishman," became an immediate success. In relation to the population of the Colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book in American history. Common Sense presented the American colonists with a powerful argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood; forgoing...
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sen...
Thomas Paine was Deist, a believer in God, but highly critical of priests and appeals to the authority of holy books. 'The Age of Reason', written over two hundred years ago, sets out to examine the Christian bible critically and logically, an act of considerable bravery given the power of the Christian Church in those times. The work was outlawed in Great Britain as potentially seditious and liable to upset the social balance of the country, but it became a runaway bestseller in America. Many of Paine's criticisms and analyses remain relevant today and the book has become a classic in the...
Thomas Paine was Deist, a believer in God, but highly critical of priests and appeals to the authority of holy books. 'The Age of Reason', written ...
