Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine -- Collected Writings Common Sense; The Crisis; Rights of Man; The Age of Reason; Agrarian Justice

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Must Have Books
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1112g
• ISBN-13: 9781773236094
• ISBN-10: 1773236091
• Artikelnr.: 57962543

Autorenporträt

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.