Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 04/09/2007 - 432 páginas A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By acquainting us as never before with this complex and combative genius, Nelson rescues a giant from obscurity-and gives us a fascinating work of history. |
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... Common Sense has often been neglected by the cheerleaders for the American Revolution. What Nelson does well is capture Paine's blunt, combative style of argument that either inspired or alienated, the sublime self-assurance that struck ...
... Common Sense has often been neglected by the cheerleaders for the American Revolution. What Nelson does well is capture Paine's blunt, combative style of argument that either inspired or alienated, the sublime self-assurance that struck ...
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... Common Sense has often been neglected by the cheerleaders for the American Revolution . What Nelson does well is capture Paine's blunt , combative style of argument that either inspired or alienated , the sublime self - assurance that ...
... Common Sense has often been neglected by the cheerleaders for the American Revolution . What Nelson does well is capture Paine's blunt , combative style of argument that either inspired or alienated , the sublime self - assurance that ...
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... sense of entitlement , and an active internal life . The Pains ( or Paynes , as the name variously appears in ... common capital offense , and executions meted out even when the accused was starving , and even for remarkably petty gains ( a ...
... sense of entitlement , and an active internal life . The Pains ( or Paynes , as the name variously appears in ... common capital offense , and executions meted out even when the accused was starving , and even for remarkably petty gains ( a ...
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... common sense might indicate . At one point , he slipped a bodkin between his eyeball and its bone , to reshape the eye's curvature and note the results . Proofs of these findings , along with the invention of the reflecting telescope ...
... common sense might indicate . At one point , he slipped a bodkin between his eyeball and its bone , to reshape the eye's curvature and note the results . Proofs of these findings , along with the invention of the reflecting telescope ...
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... usual in that time ( nor is it in ours ) . The parish record of their union refers to Pain as a " Bachelor , " leading ... Common Sense has to do with the flourish he always used at the end of his signature , one that can be seen clearly ...
... usual in that time ( nor is it in ours ) . The parish record of their union refers to Pain as a " Bachelor , " leading ... Common Sense has to do with the flourish he always used at the end of his signature , one that can be seen clearly ...
Índice
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Pragmatic Utopians | 51 |
Hell Is Not Easily Conquered | 101 |
The Silas Deane Affair | 126 |
The Missionary Bereft of His Mission | 146 |
Droits de lHomme ou Droits du Seigneur? | 181 |
The Sovereigns Among Us | 235 |
The Religion of Science | 260 |
The Perfidious Mr Morris | 273 |
Utopian Dissolves | 305 |
Provenance | 326 |
Notes | 341 |
Sources | 365 |
Index | 377 |
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