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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... mind assailable by flattery , and receiving through that weak side a tincture of vanity which he was too proud to conceal ; with a mind , though strong enough to bear him up and to rise elastic under the heaviest load of oppression ...
... mind assailable by flattery , and receiving through that weak side a tincture of vanity which he was too proud to conceal ; with a mind , though strong enough to bear him up and to rise elastic under the heaviest load of oppression ...
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... mind was a storehouse of facts and useful obser- vations ; he was full of lively anecdote , and ingenious , original , perti- nent remarks upon almost every subject . At the same time , another Paine contemporary would warn , “ The name ...
... mind was a storehouse of facts and useful obser- vations ; he was full of lively anecdote , and ingenious , original , perti- nent remarks upon almost every subject . At the same time , another Paine contemporary would warn , “ The name ...
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... mind of a child , cannot be a true system . At the age of six , Thomas began attending the local grammar school , where his parents ' class differences would become manifest . Father Joseph was a master craftsman staymaker , engineering ...
... mind of a child , cannot be a true system . At the age of six , Thomas began attending the local grammar school , where his parents ' class differences would become manifest . Father Joseph was a master craftsman staymaker , engineering ...
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... mind was to science , " which would seem to give Latin every educa- tional priority , but " my father being of the Quaker profession , it was my good fortune to have an exceedingly good moral education , and a tolerable stock of useful ...
... mind was to science , " which would seem to give Latin every educa- tional priority , but " my father being of the Quaker profession , it was my good fortune to have an exceedingly good moral education , and a tolerable stock of useful ...
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... minds securely . . . . Eventually , the government is also influenced by this free thought and thereby it treats man , who is now more than a machine , according to his dignity . Kant was able to have a worldwide bestseller with this ...
... minds securely . . . . Eventually , the government is also influenced by this free thought and thereby it treats man , who is now more than a machine , according to his dignity . Kant was able to have a worldwide bestseller with this ...
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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