Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political WritingsOUP Oxford, 16/07/1998 - 544 páginas `An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot . . . it will march on the horizon of the world and it will conquer.' Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his Rights of Man (1791-2) was the most famous defence of the French Revolution and sent out a clarion call for revolution throughout the world. He paid the price for his principles: he was outlawed in Britain, narrowly escaped execution in France, and was villified as an atheist and a Jacobin on his return to America. Paine loathed the unnatural inequalities fostered by the hereditary and monarchical systems. He believed that government must be by and for the people and must limit itself to the protection of their natural rights. But he was not a libertarian: from a commitment to natural rights he generated one of the first blueprints for a welfare state, combining a liberal order of civil rights with egalitarian constraints. This collection brings together Paine's most powerful political writings from the American and French revolutions in the first fully annotated edition of these works. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... reform the old world in the light of the new . In the five years after the end of the war , Paine more or less left politics behind , becoming absorbed in a series of scientific experiments some on a design for a smokeless candle ,
... reform the old world in the light of the new . In the five years after the end of the war , Paine more or less left politics behind , becoming absorbed in a series of scientific experiments some on a design for a smokeless candle ,
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... become a more hazardous enterprise. He was denounced by Marat for speaking against the execution of Louis XVI, and was associated by Robespierre with the Girondins, who were arrested in June and executed in October 1793; as a result he ...
... become a more hazardous enterprise. He was denounced by Marat for speaking against the execution of Louis XVI, and was associated by Robespierre with the Girondins, who were arrested in June and executed in October 1793; as a result he ...
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... becoming increasingly vituperative in his attacks on the Federalists, but he never regained his former standing. His health gradually deteriorated and he became subject to fits. Never a temperate man, nor clean in his personal habits ...
... becoming increasingly vituperative in his attacks on the Federalists, but he never regained his former standing. His health gradually deteriorated and he became subject to fits. Never a temperate man, nor clean in his personal habits ...
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... become dark There is no possibility , neither is there any term to express the supposition by ; of the mind unknowing anything it already knows'.6 In keeping with this new optimism , his Rights of Man and his other later works ...
... become dark There is no possibility , neither is there any term to express the supposition by ; of the mind unknowing anything it already knows'.6 In keeping with this new optimism , his Rights of Man and his other later works ...
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... become indigent when they are no longer able to work . By paying too little for labour , ' the working hand perishes in old age , and the employer abounds in affluence ' . ( p . 428 ) For these reasons , private property cannot be ...
... become indigent when they are no longer able to work . By paying too little for labour , ' the working hand perishes in old age , and the employer abounds in affluence ' . ( p . 428 ) For these reasons , private property cannot be ...
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RIGHTS OF | |
RIGHTS OF MAN Part the Second | |
DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES | |
AGRARIAN JUSTICE | |
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Index | |
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Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings Thomas Paine Pré-visualização limitada - 1998 |
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Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings Thomas Paine Pré-visualização limitada - 1995 |
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