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Classics. Should be taught in every school.
Parts of this are very quotable and his arguments are convincing, if often sarcastic. Still, the style of this makes it difficult due to it being different then 2018 language.
The great propagandist of two revolutions, Paine told it like it is. An excellent rendition of the rights of the common man against oppression. Well worth and annual reading.
Thomas Paine takes time out from championing a equal society to stick a middle finger up at Edmund Burke. Frequently.
I thought that what was pertinent in 1780s is pertinent now. The subjects Paine touched upon are still very real, but the faith he put on representational government and constitutions seemed a bit supernatural. Centuries later we are still grappling with unjust taxation and global conflicts.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense opened my eyes to a better understanding of human kind and my own pentient to live free. A definite read for everyone.
“It is by distortedly exulting some men that others are distortedly debased.”Thomas Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’ is to the disposition of freedom and liberty what Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ is to the evolution and natural selection of life. Yes, it is imperfect, but it put forth a coalesced set of principles that, quite literally, changed the world. “...though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant. The mind, in discovering truth, acts in the same manner as it acts thro...
At a time in which our freedoms are threatened from within by an overreaching Federal government, it is helpful to read the thoughts of those who lived during the times of our founding. Thomas Paines' political essays written in the late 1700s decried the English form of hereditary rule vs. the newer form of representative government recently established in America. The concerns, however, are the same today; that of overtaxation and intrusion into our personal lives of a governing body out of to...
I can't give this book a rating. I admit to some skimming and some boredom. But I am very glad I read it. Mr. Paine shares some of my opinions: trickle-down econmomics doesn't work, we need to take care of our poor, our seniors and our veterans, and religion has no place in government.
I can't handle the irony.
The Equality’s Utopia Thomas Paine’s words illuminated the world in which America was born and gave inspiration to the men and women that came from Europe to this new land. Its described some aspects of the political landscape of the time in England, France and America. The reading (listening) of these works shared light about the French Revolution and its implications. One also had a better understanding of the disputes involving Paine and Edmund Burke. Above all, these books presented Paine’s
The old arguments are still relevant.
Having read Howard Fast's Citizen Tom Paine for a challenge a couple months back, I decided for the banned book challenge to read some of Paine's own writings, especially The Rights of Man which was not only banned but nearly got Paine hanged in England. As I said in my review of the novel, Paine is my favorite among the "founding fathers"; he was one of the few leading figures of the Revolution who was from a working class background, and unlike most of them remained a revolutionary throughout
Having read Howard Fast's Citizen Tom Paine for a challenge a couple months back, I decided for the banned book challenge to read some of Paine's own writings, especially The Rights of Man which was not only banned but nearly got Paine hanged in England. As I said in my review of the novel, Paine is my favorite among the "founding fathers"; he was one of the few leading figures of the Revolution who was from a working class background, and unlike most of them remained a revolutionary throughout
This copy had a detailed introduction/biography of Paine. I learned some facts that weren't included in my Western Political Theory classes in college. The copy also had a very nifty timeline that encompassed the author's life, as well as the political and literary developments of the era. The pamphlets themselves are always good to read. I enjoyed the refresher on how Paine's thought processes helped solidify those of the authors of the Declaration of Independence.
Paine is to Plato as Rights of Man is to The Republic.Both justify a particular social order on universal principles. They use the language of philosophy to determine a fairness for a certain material arrangement.In this sense, universals are just ways to en-coach authority behind some idea that can act as a metric for fairness.
I am just overwhelmed by his intellect. Much of his writings are above my pay level but then comes the most astute and glorious thoughts on a subject. He is brilliant.
The most progressive of the "founding fathers". Although he is a bit fond of strange extrapolations from mathematical data to prove social points (a weakness of the Enlightenment generally) the volume is an entertaining and educational read. The volume also includes Paine's short work, Agrarian Justice, with a plea for comprehensive social provisions for the old, the young, the disabled, and the unpropertied based on an interesting version of an estate tax.
In the end this is really a petty argument between two men, and mostly about each other, but in the midst of all this, are some incredible notions.
The Greatest Radical of a Radical AgePaine turned Americans into radicals, and we’ve remained radicals at heart ever since.By Harvey J. KayeYou want to understand American experience? You want to make sense of why you despise injustice, inequality, and oppression? You want to know why you yearn to turn the world upside down? Read Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense.In fewer than fifty pages, Paine not only inspired Americans to declare their independence and create a republic, he...
