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Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Category: Classic Fiction
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government ...Show more
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Category: Politics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Civic Classics
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great t ...Show more
Common Sense: And the American Crisis by Thomas Paine
Category: Reference
Common Sense is the book that created the modern United States. Thomas Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule converted millions to the cause of independence and set out a vision of a just society liberated from the yoke of the crown. Published anonymously in 1776, six mont ...Show more
Common Sense and Rights of Man: Bold-faced Thoughts on Revolution, Reason, and Personal Freedom by Thomas Paine
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Offers an innovative reading of Thomas Paine's two most influential essays. This title also includes an introduction that examines Paine's concepts from today's perspective and writing exercises with lined pages. It features the authoritative text of Paine's works and highlighted important passages.
Common Sense and Selected Works of Thomas Paine (Word Cloud Classics) by Thomas Paine
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
The pen is mightier than the sword, and this pen helped bring about the American Revolution. Thomas Paine is one of history's most renowned thinkers and was indispensible to both the American and French revolutions. The three works included, Common Sense, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason, ar ...Show more
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine
Category: History
Paineas daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. This volume also includes a"The Crisis," a a"The Age of Reason," a and a"Agrarian Justice."a
Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine ...Show more
THE AGE OF REASON by PAINE THOMAS
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Dover Value Editions Ser.
The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1 ...Show more
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
Category: Fiction | Series: Great Books in Philosophy Ser.
The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is a pamphlet, written by a British and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, that challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible, the central text of Christianity. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1 ...Show more
The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
Category: Culture
The Age of Reason is one of the most influential defences of Deism (the idea that God can be known without organized religion) ever written.