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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... 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 hole under the grass and weeds of an obscure ...
... 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 hole under the grass and weeds of an obscure ...
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... ideas of soci- ety and government . Almost everything about America and Americans that is globally admired today is found in his work ; almost every issue he raised is still at issue in our own times ; almost every argument in which he ...
... ideas of soci- ety and government . Almost everything about America and Americans that is globally admired today is found in his work ; almost every issue he raised is still at issue in our own times ; almost every argument in which he ...
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... ideas as the rev- olution in thinking they once were . History rises from primary documents , but in Paine's case these have been decimated , while the key secondary sources include a propagandist hired by the British government , a ...
... ideas as the rev- olution in thinking they once were . History rises from primary documents , but in Paine's case these have been decimated , while the key secondary sources include a propagandist hired by the British government , a ...
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... ideas of him . Some respect his genius and dread the man . Some reverence his political , while they hate his religious , opin- ions . Some love the man , but not his private manners . Indeed he has done nothing which has not extremes ...
... ideas of him . Some respect his genius and dread the man . Some reverence his political , while they hate his religious , opin- ions . Some love the man , but not his private manners . Indeed he has done nothing which has not extremes ...
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... ideas , presented in a series of essays written almost entirely by Addison and Steele , portray- ing the life of modern London as it hurtled inexorably away from the an- cien régime and toward a regime of consumers who worked for a ...
... ideas , presented in a series of essays written almost entirely by Addison and Steele , portray- ing the life of modern London as it hurtled inexorably away from the an- cien régime and toward a regime of consumers who worked for a ...
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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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
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