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Thomas Paine -- Collected Writings Common Sense; The Crisis; Rights of Man; The Age of Reason; Agrarian Justice
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Artikel-Nr:
9781773236094
Veröffentl:
2019
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
21.10.2019
Seiten:
696
Autor:
Thomas Paine
Gewicht:
1112 g
Format:
229x152x41 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
1737-1809. Born in Norfolk, England, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies where, as a revolutionary leader, political activist and journalist he supported the American colonist's fight for independence. His widely read pamphlet, 'Common Sense', was a powerful weapon in this fight. "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, wrote John Adams, "the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." As a social and political reformist, Paine supported the revolution in France, (where he was arrested and imprisoned in 1793), addressed property ownership and introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income. In 'The Age of Reason', it was his stance against institutionalized religion in general, and Christian doctrine in particular, that made him unpopular in later life.