The Age of Reason
Autor Thomas Paine Paul Ticeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781585092130
ISBN-10: 1585092134
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 154 x 234 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Book Tree
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 1585092134
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 154 x 234 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Book Tree
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution and inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.
Born in Thetford in the English county of Norfolk, Paine migrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every rebel read (or listened to a reading of) his powerful pamphlet Common Sense (1776), which crystallized the rebellious demand for independence from Great Britain. Common Sense was so influential that John Adams said: "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain". Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution.
The British government, worried by the possibility that the French Revolution might spread to England, had begun suppressing works that espoused radical philosophies. Paine's work, which advocated the right of the people to overthrow their government, was duly targeted, with a writ for his arrest issued in early 1792. Paine fled to France in September where, despite not being able to speak French, he was quickly elected to the French National Convention. The Girondists regarded him as an ally. Consequently, the Montagnards, especially Maximilien Robespierre, regarded him as an enemy.
In December 1793, he was arrested and was taken to Luxembourg Prison in Paris. While in prison, he continued to work on The Age of Reason (1793-1794). James Monroe, a future President of the United States, used his diplomatic connections to get Paine released in November 1794. In 1802, he returned to the U.S. where he died on June 8, 1809.
Cuprins
The Age of Reason; The Age of Reason, Part the Second.
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Published in two parts between 1794 and 1795, this controversial tract on religion is the work of a revolutionary freethinker.
Published in two parts between 1794 and 1795, this controversial tract on religion is the work of a revolutionary freethinker.