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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... commerce , he now doubts that either commerce , or civilization more generally , is inevitably beneficial . Civilization has operated in two ways : ' to make one part of society more affluent , and the other more wretched , than would ...
... commerce , he now doubts that either commerce , or civilization more generally , is inevitably beneficial . Civilization has operated in two ways : ' to make one part of society more affluent , and the other more wretched , than would ...
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... America would have flourished as much , and probably much more , had no European power had any thing to do with her . The commerce by which she hath enriched herself are the necessaries of life, and will always have a market while.
... America would have flourished as much , and probably much more , had no European power had any thing to do with her . The commerce by which she hath enriched herself are the necessaries of life, and will always have a market while.
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... commerce, and that, well attended to, will secure us the peace and friendship of all Europe; because it is the interest of all Europe to have America a free port.* Her trade will always be a protection, and her barrenness of gold and ...
... commerce, and that, well attended to, will secure us the peace and friendship of all Europe; because it is the interest of all Europe to have America a free port.* Her trade will always be a protection, and her barrenness of gold and ...
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... commerce, it being the natural manufactory of this country. It is the best money we can lay out. A navy when finished is worth more than it cost. And is that nice point in national policy, in which commerce and protection are united ...
... commerce, it being the natural manufactory of this country. It is the best money we can lay out. A navy when finished is worth more than it cost. And is that nice point in national policy, in which commerce and protection are united ...
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... commerce . In point of safety , ought we to be without a fleet ? We are not the little people now , which we were sixty years ago ; at that time we might have trusted our property in the streets , or fields rather ; and slept securely ...
... commerce . In point of safety , ought we to be without a fleet ? We are not the little people now , which we were sixty years ago ; at that time we might have trusted our property in the streets , or fields rather ; and slept securely ...
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RIGHTS OF | |
RIGHTS OF MAN Part the Second | |
DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES | |
AGRARIAN JUSTICE | |
Abbreviations | |
Index | |
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Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings Thomas Paine Pré-visualização limitada - 1998 |
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