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This edition of the pamphlet is unique in its inclusion of selections from Paine’s other writings from 1775 and 1776 — additional essays that contextualize Common Sense and provide unusual insight on both the writer and the cause for ...
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809) was an Englishman and American political activist. He authored pamphlets which helped motivate the American colonists to declare independence in 1776. Common Sense is his most famous of such pamphlets.
This volume is introduced by Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School and a noted civil liberties advocate. Paine believed in more than just freedom in the form of revolution and overthrowing governments.
But far from self-evident is where our faith in common sense comes from and how its populist logic has shaped modern democracy. Common Sense: A Political History is the first book to explore this essential political phenomenon.
Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped the world.
Common Sense is one of the very first books to address family finances and how to save, invest and get ahead and achieve financial independence.
The book was published anonymously at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War on January 10, 1776, and caused an immediate sensation.It is widely sold and distributed, and read aloud in pubs and conference venues.
Common Sense is the book that created the modern United States, as Paine's incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule converted millions to the cause of independence and set out a vision of a just society.
Common Sense is the timeless classic that inspired the Thirteen Colonies to fight for and declare their independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776.
Thomas Paine’s 1776 Common Sense has secured an unshakeable place as one of history’s most explosive and revolutionary books.
In the first section of the pamphlet, Paine contends that government is a necessary evil, because there needs to be a distinction between the people running society, and society as a whole.
This short, passionate book is credited with fanning the flames of revolution in its day; but beyond that, its unique view of the role of government and of the relationship between government and citizens -- and how those factors apply to ...
Common Sense by Thomas Paine is the most compelling case for freedom ever made. It's the most influential book in American History.
They both teach valuable lessons. Remember, common sense is not common. Many things that happen in life are not common and sometimes they don't really make much sense at all.
Yogi Bera swears by it. Rush Limbaugh and Ross Perot seem to think it's all we need to set this country straight. Even Clinton-Rodham-Gore appeal to it now and then....
On top of this family night once a week, we also take one of our kids out with just me and my wife every other week. This gives us one on one time with our children where they can talk to us and we in turn really get to know our ...
An Unabridged Edition from 'The Writings of Thomas Paine, ' Volume One, (1774-1779) edited by Moncure Conway, to include: Epistle to Quakers, A Letter to Franklin in Paris (1778), The Dream Interpreted, A Serious Thought, and Explanatory ...
Includes the complete texts of Common Sense; Rights of Man, Part the Second; The Age of Reason (part one); Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, published anonymously and just discovered to be Paine’s work; and Letter to the Abbé Raynal, ...
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