Paine, Thomas

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 9, 1776, during the American Revolution. Paine wrote it with editorial feedback from Benjamin Rush, who came up with the title. The document denounced British rule and, through its immense popularity, contributed to fomenting the American Revolution... Paine donated the copyright for Common Sense to the states, and as one biographer noted, Paine made nothing of the estimated 150,000 to 600,000 copies that were eventually printed (various sources disagree on the number of printed copies in Paine's lifetime). In fact, he had to pay for the first printing himself. Rights of Man was written by Thomas Paine in 1791 as a reply to Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke. It has been interpreted as a work defending the French Revolution, but it is also a seminal work embodying the ideas of liberty and human equality. The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology... critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795 and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. Essay on Dream was first published in 1807. Mr. Paine attempts to show by what operation of the mind a Dream is produced in sleep, and applying the same to the account of Dreams in the New Testament. Biblical Blasphemy is a short work summarizing Mr. Paine's Deistic beliefs. Examination of the Prophecies was first published by Mr. Paine in 1807, and was the last of his writings edited by himself. It is evidently extracted from his answer to the bishop of Llandaff, or from his third part of the Age of Reason, both of which, it appears by his will, he left in manuscript.

Presents Paine's classic argument, originally published in Britain in 1791, in which he defends the rights of individuals to assert their freedom in the face of tyranny.

Presents a copy of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," a political pamphlet written in 1776 that reflected Paine's views about British oppression in the colonies and his passionate pursuit of liberty.

Selection of writings by British-born political leader Thomas Paine, emphasizing his American career, and bringing together his best-known works in favor of independence, including "Common Sense," "The American Crisis," "Rights of Man," and "The Age of Reason," along with letters, articles and pamphlets.

Defines Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson's views on and definitions of liberty, examining excerpts from Paine's "Common Sense," "The American Crisis," and "Rights of Man," along with Jefferson's "A Summary View of the Rights of British America," the Declaration of Independence, his letters written on the US Constitution, and other key documents.

Presents eighteenth-century political philosopher Thomas Paine's treatises "Common Sense" and "Rights of Man" and selections from "The Crisis, " "The Age of Reason, " and "Agrarian Justice, " and provides a further reading list.

These two pamphlets are recognized as classic arguments in defense of the individuals's right to assert their freedom in the face of tyranny.

A political treatise advocating the establishment of democracy and the overthrow of monarchy.