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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... Declaration drafted by Jefferson was not idiosyncratic : We hold these truths to be self - evident : that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and inalienable rights ; that among these are ...
... Declaration drafted by Jefferson was not idiosyncratic : We hold these truths to be self - evident : that all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and inalienable rights ; that among these are ...
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... the colonies . In January his Common Sense is published , six months before the Declaration of Independence . First Crisis published December 1776 . 1777-9 Serves in Congress as a Secretary to the Foreign A Chronology of Thomas Paine.
... the colonies . In January his Common Sense is published , six months before the Declaration of Independence . First Crisis published December 1776 . 1777-9 Serves in Congress as a Secretary to the Foreign A Chronology of Thomas Paine.
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... declarations of his thanks , but in the positive stile of a prophet charges them with disaffection to their proper sovereign , the King of Heaven . About one hundred and thirty years after this , they fell again into the same error ...
... declarations of his thanks , but in the positive stile of a prophet charges them with disaffection to their proper sovereign , the King of Heaven . About one hundred and thirty years after this , they fell again into the same error ...
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... declaration for independance . Some of which are , First . It is the custom of nations , when any two are at war , for some other powers , not engaged in the quarrel , to step in as mediators , and bring about the preliminaries of a ...
... declaration for independance . Some of which are , First . It is the custom of nations , when any two are at war , for some other powers , not engaged in the quarrel , to step in as mediators , and bring about the preliminaries of a ...
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... DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , made it impossible for me , feeling as I did , to be silent : and if , in the course of more than seven years , I have rendered her any service , I have likewise added something to the reputation of ...
... DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , made it impossible for me , feeling as I did , to be silent : and if , in the course of more than seven years , I have rendered her any service , I have likewise added something to the reputation of ...
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RIGHTS OF | |
RIGHTS OF MAN Part the Second | |
DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES | |
AGRARIAN JUSTICE | |
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Index | |
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings Thomas Paine Pré-visualização limitada - 1998 |
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings Thomas Paine Pré-visualização limitada - 2008 |
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings Thomas Paine Pré-visualização limitada - 1995 |
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