Selected Writings of Thomas Paine

2014-11-25 Political Science

Author : Thomas Paine
Release : 2014-11-25
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Selected Writings of Thomas Paine written by Thomas Paine. This book was released on 2014-11-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A central figure in Western history and American political thought, Thomas Paine continues to provoke debate among politicians, activists, and scholars. People of all ideological stripes are inspired by his trenchant defense of the rights and good sense of ordinary individuals, and his penetrating critiques of arbitrary power. This volume contains Paine’s explosive Common Sense in its entirety, including the oft-ignored Appendix, as well as selections from his other major writings: The American Crisis, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. It also contains several of Paine’s shorter essays. All the documents have been transcribed directly from the originals, making this edition the most reliable one available. Essays by Ian Shapiro, Jonathan Clark, Jane Calvert, and Eileen Hunt Botting bring Paine into sharp focus, illuminating his place in the tumultuous decades surrounding the American and French Revolutions and his larger historical legacy.

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

2003-07-01 Political Science

Author : Thomas Paine
Release : 2003-07-01
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Download or read book Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine written by Thomas Paine. This book was released on 2003-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of Thomas Paine's most essential works, showcasing one of American history's most eloquent proponents of democracy. Upon publication, Thomas Paine’s modest pamphlet Common Sense shocked and spurred the foundling American colonies of 1776 to action. It demanded freedom from Britain—when even the most fervent patriots were only advocating tax reform. Paine’s daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and, consequently, the Revolutionary War. For “without the pen of Paine,” as John Adams said, “the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” Later, his impassioned defense of the French Revolution, Rights of Man, caused a worldwide sensation. Napoleon, for one, claimed to have slept with a copy under his pillow, recommending that “a statue of gold should be erected to [Paine] in every city in the universe.” Here in one volume, these two complete works are joined with selections from Pain's other major essays, “The Crisis,” “The Age of Reason,” and “Agrarian Justice.” Includes a Foreword by Jack Fruchtman Jr. and an Introduction by Sidney Hook

Selected Writings of Thomas Paine

2013-10-01

Author : Thomas Paine
Release : 2013-10-01
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Download or read book Selected Writings of Thomas Paine written by Thomas Paine. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, Including: Common Sense, and the Crisis 1 or "These are the things that try men's soul" contain the full texts of these Common Core State Standards non-fiction reading selections. These founding documents were presented to the American colonists with an argument for freedom from the British crown at a time when the question of whether or not to seek independence was the most pressing topic of the day.

Thomas Paine's Rights of Man

2008-09 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Release : 2008-09
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Thomas Paine's Rights of Man written by Christopher Hitchens. This book was released on 2008-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man" has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted, but Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. In this book, he demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the U.S.

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