Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings
- ISBN-10
- 019953800X
- ISBN-13
- 9780199538003
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 504
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-11-13
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Thomas Paine
Description
Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his Rights of Man was the most famous defence of the French. He was an examplary democrat whise ideas still capture broadly the beliefs behind liberal welfare states today.
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