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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... taking into account that era's Renaissance style of gentlemanly pursuits — exemplified by printer , natural philosopher , essayist , businessman , inventor , civil servant , and diplomat Benjamin Franklin - The Mission of Atonement I.
... taking into account that era's Renaissance style of gentlemanly pursuits — exemplified by printer , natural philosopher , essayist , businessman , inventor , civil servant , and diplomat Benjamin Franklin - The Mission of Atonement I.
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... for the future , belief in the infinite powers of natural philoso- phy , and admiration for ancient Rome's republican heroes , in favor of evangelical religion , land speculation , bargain corn whiskey , 4 THOMAS PAINE.
... for the future , belief in the infinite powers of natural philoso- phy , and admiration for ancient Rome's republican heroes , in favor of evangelical religion , land speculation , bargain corn whiskey , 4 THOMAS PAINE.
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... natural bent of my mind was to science , " which would seem to give Latin every educa- tional priority , but " my father being of the Quaker profession , it was my good fortune to have an exceedingly good moral education , and a ...
... natural bent of my mind was to science , " which would seem to give Latin every educa- tional priority , but " my father being of the Quaker profession , it was my good fortune to have an exceedingly good moral education , and a ...
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... natural philosophy , and virtue gathered in communities of correspondence as each , in turn , underwent a great awakening , an Enlightenment . As their intel- lectual and spiritual Renaissance ancestors had done , these eighteenth ...
... natural philosophy , and virtue gathered in communities of correspondence as each , in turn , underwent a great awakening , an Enlightenment . As their intel- lectual and spiritual Renaissance ancestors had done , these eighteenth ...
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... brought with it an almost natural evolution , from coffee drinking , to conversation , to business opportunities , to business meetings — an evolution that would essentially draw the very Begotten by a Wild Boar on a Bitch Wolf 29.
... brought with it an almost natural evolution , from coffee drinking , to conversation , to business opportunities , to business meetings — an evolution that would essentially draw the very Begotten by a Wild Boar on a Bitch Wolf 29.
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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