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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... equal natural rights of man , which he subsequently develops into an argument for equal rights of citizenship and a degree of economic equality . Although there is a clear egalitarianism throughout Paine's writing , such as his ...
... equal natural rights of man , which he subsequently develops into an argument for equal rights of citizenship and a degree of economic equality . Although there is a clear egalitarianism throughout Paine's writing , such as his ...
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... equal ; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and inalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness : that to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men , deriving ...
... equal ; that they are endowed by their creator with inherent and inalienable rights ; that among these are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness : that to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men , deriving ...
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... equal standing and have a sense of the reciprocal interests which unite his or her society . When he wrote Common ... equal rights of Americans are developed in the context of the Old World in terms of a broader conception of equal ...
... equal standing and have a sense of the reciprocal interests which unite his or her society . When he wrote Common ... equal rights of Americans are developed in the context of the Old World in terms of a broader conception of equal ...
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Thomas Paine Mark Philp. benefit between citizens , their sense of equal standing and of the justice of their lot would be destroyed . Representative democracy cannot exist in such a state , for those who are marginalized and excluded in ...
Thomas Paine Mark Philp. benefit between citizens , their sense of equal standing and of the justice of their lot would be destroyed . Representative democracy cannot exist in such a state , for those who are marginalized and excluded in ...
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... equals in the order of creation , the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance ; the distinctions of rich ... equal rights of nature , so neither can it be a defended on the authority of scripture ; for the.
... equals in the order of creation , the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance ; the distinctions of rich ... equal rights of nature , so neither can it be a defended on the authority of scripture ; for the.
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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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 |
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