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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... cause needed upholding , and he wrote some of his finest prose in the bleakest days of the war . Most famously , as Washington's troops retreated again and again in the face of the British advance in December 1776 , he provided the ...
... cause needed upholding , and he wrote some of his finest prose in the bleakest days of the war . Most famously , as Washington's troops retreated again and again in the face of the British advance in December 1776 , he provided the ...
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... cause of independence were recognized by the Continental Congress , who employed him as secretary to its Foreign Affairs committee . The appointment was short - lived : Paine leaked privileged information in an attempt to prove the ...
... cause of independence were recognized by the Continental Congress , who employed him as secretary to its Foreign Affairs committee . The appointment was short - lived : Paine leaked privileged information in an attempt to prove the ...
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... cause he defends is similarly universal in scope : ' We have it in our power to begin the world over again . ' ( p ... cause from a little local difficulty into the cause of all the world , Paine found a sense of purpose and a sense of ...
... cause he defends is similarly universal in scope : ' We have it in our power to begin the world over again . ' ( p ... cause from a little local difficulty into the cause of all the world , Paine found a sense of purpose and a sense of ...
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... cause : ' as well can the lover forgive the ravisher of his mistress , as the Philip S. Foner , The Life and Major Writings of Thomas Paine , 2 vols . ( Secaucus , N ) , 1948 ) , ij . 93 . 4 . continent forgive the murders of Britain ...
... cause : ' as well can the lover forgive the ravisher of his mistress , as the Philip S. Foner , The Life and Major Writings of Thomas Paine , 2 vols . ( Secaucus , N ) , 1948 ) , ij . 93 . 4 . continent forgive the murders of Britain ...
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... cause ... Man cannot enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together . " In contrast , the first part of Rights of Man argues that where our power to execute our natural right is perfect government has no legitimate ...
... cause ... Man cannot enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together . " In contrast , the first part of Rights of Man argues that where our power to execute our natural right is perfect government has no legitimate ...
Índice
| 1 | |
AMERICAN CRISIS I | 61 |
AMERICAN CRISIS XIII | 72 |
LETTER TO JEFFERSON | 79 |
RIGHTS OF MAN | 83 |
RIGHTS OF MAN Part the Second | 199 |
INTRODUCTION | 210 |
CHAPTER I Of Society and Civilization | 214 |
CHAPTER IV Of Constitutions | 238 |
CHAPTER V Ways and Means of reforming the political Condition of Europe interspersed with Miscellaneous Observations | 263 |
Appendix | 327 |
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE ADDRESSERS ON THE LATE PROCLAMATION | 333 |
DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT | 385 |
AGRARIAN JUSTICE | 409 |
Abbreviations | 435 |
Index | 497 |
CHAPTER II Of the Origin of the present old Governments | 220 |
CHAPTER III Of the new and old Systems of Government | 223 |
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