Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 04.09.2007 - 432 Seiten A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By acquainting us as never before with this complex and combative genius, Nelson rescues a giant from obscurity-and gives us a fascinating work of history. |
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... human reason and science . This group of modern thinkers , united through their con- stant interactions in the Republic of Letters , believed they had it in their power to begin the world over again , to end relentless poverty and ...
... human reason and science . This group of modern thinkers , united through their con- stant interactions in the Republic of Letters , believed they had it in their power to begin the world over again , to end relentless poverty and ...
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... humanity , like that of all the reforming philosophers of the present enlightened day , is of the speculative kind . It never breaks out into action . " Two decades later , he would in fact evolve into one of these reforming ...
... humanity , like that of all the reforming philosophers of the present enlightened day , is of the speculative kind . It never breaks out into action . " Two decades later , he would in fact evolve into one of these reforming ...
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... humanity's appreciation for the ex- traordinary ideas and writings of Thomas Paine . The Porcupine had insinuated what he was about to attempt in upstate New York through letters and in the Political Register : “ Paine lies in a little ...
... humanity's appreciation for the ex- traordinary ideas and writings of Thomas Paine . The Porcupine had insinuated what he was about to attempt in upstate New York through letters and in the Political Register : “ Paine lies in a little ...
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... human beings are civilized enough to govern themselves — is still being argued more than two hundred years later . And , if the journalistic cre- dos of speaking truth to power , comforting the afflicted , and afflicting the comfortable ...
... human beings are civilized enough to govern themselves — is still being argued more than two hundred years later . And , if the journalistic cre- dos of speaking truth to power , comforting the afflicted , and afflicting the comfortable ...
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... human detail about the seventeenth century's lode- stone figure , Isaac Newton , is now lost to us , even the specifics of his phys- ical appearance . The same is almost true of Paine , the vast majority of whose documents were either ...
... human detail about the seventeenth century's lode- stone figure , Isaac Newton , is now lost to us , even the specifics of his phys- ical appearance . The same is almost true of Paine , the vast majority of whose documents were either ...
Inhalt
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Pragmatic Utopians | 51 |
Hell Is Not Easily Conquered | 101 |
The Silas Deane Affair | 126 |
The Missionary Bereft of His Mission | 146 |
Droits de lHomme ou Droits du Seigneur? | 181 |
The Sovereigns Among Us | 235 |
The Religion of Science | 260 |
The Perfidious Mr Morris | 273 |
Utopian Dissolves | 305 |
Provenance | 326 |
Notes | 341 |
Sources | 365 |
Index | 377 |
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