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  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    Published in January of 1776, Thomas Paine's fiery defense for independence came at just the right moment to turn the tide of American opinion towards freedom and liberty. Some sought to answer Paine, but "so rapid was the change of opinion" thanks to Paine's arguments, that America's leaders not only could not oppose him, but realized it was better to ride the wave...
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  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    'Paine was the first to advise the Americans to assert their independence,' says Richard Car- lile in his Life of Paine. 'This he did in his fam- ous pamphlet, entitled Common Sense, which, for its consequences and rapid effect, was the most important production that ever issued from the . This pamphlet appeared at the commence- ment of the year 1776, and electrified the minds ...
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    13,62 €

  • Age of Reason
    Thomas Paine
    Age of Reason, The Definitive Edition, includes Paine’s original two volumes of Age of Reason, plus his third volume which remained unreleased until 1807. President Thomas Jefferson convinced Paine not to publish his third volume in 1802, as Paine originally intended, out of fear of the backlash it may cause. Now, thanks to this edition of Paine’s Age of Reason, the modern read...
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    24,07 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    First published on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was an immediate sensation. In clear simple language it explained to the people of the Thirteen Colonies why they needed to fight for independence from Great Britain. ...
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  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    First published on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was an immediate sensation. In clear simple language it explained to the people of the Thirteen Colonies why they needed to fight for independence from Great Britain. Common Sense has been called 'the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutio...
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    7,14 €

  • Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine
    This volume collects together the most important writings of founding father Thomas Paine. First published on January 10, 1776, “Common Sense” was one the most influential and best-selling works from the colonial period. One of the central political arguments amongst the colonists of the pre-revolutionary period was whether or not they should seek freedom from British rule. In ...
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    21,36 €

  • Agrarian Justice
    Thomas Paine
    Tom Paine’s ’Agrarian Justice’ (1797) continues to inspire progressive politicians today as a source of two contemporary policies, Land Value Taxation and Universal (Basic) Income (Citizen’s Income). His starting point was the belief, widespread until the end of the eighteenth century, that the Earth is the common property of humankind. Rather than advocating the common owner...
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    7,56 €

  • Proposal that Louisiana be purchased
    Thomas Paine
    In 1802 Louisiana was administered by the French. Napoleon had denied access by the USA to New Orleans and there was a real risk that the two countries would go to war. On Christmas Day Tom Paine wrote a short letter to the president, Thomas Jefferson, suggesting that the USA should purchase Louisiana from the French. Within a year the deal had been done.When it comes to dis...
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    8,12 €

  • Thomas Paine. Major Works
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine (or Pain; February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] - June 8, 1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Br...
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    38,92 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is just that – a simple passionate presentation of the case against monarchy, and for American Independence.    But it was also much more:  An incendiary immediate best seller.  It was reprinted numerous times in its first year and remains the all-time best selling American title.  Today it is read for its place in history and as an example of persua...
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  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is just that – a simple passionate presentation of the case against monarchy, and for American Independence.    But it was also much more:  An inflammatory immediate best seller.  It was reprinted numerous times in its first year and remains the all-time best selling American title.  Today it is read for its place in history and as an example of pers...
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    6,42 €

  • Common Sense (with a Biographical Introduction by John M. Robertson)
    Thomas Paine
    First published on January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” was one the most influential and best-selling works from the colonial period. It has been suggested that it may have been the single biggest factor in inspiring the people of the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for their independence from Great Britain beginning in the summer of 1776. One of the central p...
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    8,11 €

  • Varsta ratiunii
    Thomas Paine / Răzvan Alexandru Nicolescu
    In domeniul filosofiei religioase si a interpretarii biblice, lucrarea este un atac la adresa religiei revelate, dintr-un punct de vedere deist, intruchipat de crezul lui Paine, „Cred intr-un Dumnezeu si nu mai mult”. Este o abordare noua a studiului Bibliei la acea vreme, continand o examinare critica si obiectiva a Vechiului si a Noului Testament si semnaland numeroase contra...
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    20,03 €

  • Common Sense (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
    Thomas Paine
    COMMON SENSE is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. The pamphlet explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence in clear, simple language. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American R...
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    5,66 €

  • Common Sense (Aziloth Books)
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine was born at Thetford, England, in 1737. The son of a corset-maker, he spent just six years in formal education, yet despite these social disadvantages he became one of the foremost writers of his time. Paine espoused the cause of the ordinary citizen in works that spoke with refreshing directness compared to the turgid circumlocutions of the moneyed aristocracy and...
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    7,60 €

  • Rights of Man (Aziloth Books)
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine was an English reformer who emigrated to the American Colonies and in 1776 published 'Common Sense', a hugely influential tome that swayed many colonists to reject British rule. During the French Revolution of 1789, Paine became an honorary French citizen, but was later imprisoned, narrowly escaping the guillotine when the symbol of execution was inadverten...
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    10,84 €

  • The Age of Reason
    Thomas Paine
    The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology by Thomas Paineis a deistic pamphlet, written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, that criticizes institutionalized religion and challenges the legitimacy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it cause...
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    18,87 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    'These are the times that try men’s souls,' begins Thomas Paine’s first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with En...
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    9,18 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine’s COMMON SENSE proved to be one of the most influential publications during the American Revolution. Published anonymously by Paine in early 1776, COMMON SENSE was an instant bestseller, with more than than 120,000 copies distributed. In COMMON SENSE, Paine advocated the independence of the American colonies from the British Empire, providing a number of grievances...
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    7,30 €

  • The Age of Reason
    Thomas Paine
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    34,94 €

  • The Writings of Thomas Paine - Volume 2 (1779-1792)
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine’s 'Rights of Man' posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. Using these points as a base it defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke’s attack in 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.' ...
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    22,56 €

  • Rights of Man. Part the Second. Combining Principle and Practice
    Thomas Paine
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    33,66 €

  • Rights of Man
    Thomas Paine
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    33,75 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
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    33,75 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sense, signed 'Written by an Englishman', became an immediate success. In relation to the population of the Colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book in American history. Common Sense presented the Am...
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    14,70 €

  • The Age of Reason
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine was Deist, a believer in God, but highly critical of priests and appeals to the authority of holy books. 'The Age of Reason', written over two hundred years ago, sets out to examine the Christian bible critically and logically, an act of considerable bravery given the power of the Christian Church in those times. The work was outlawed in Great Britain as po...
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    9,16 €

  • Letter Addressed to the Abbé Raynal on the Affairs of North-America
    Thomas Paine
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    32,42 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
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    18,15 €

  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
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  • Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    In Common Sense, Thomas Paine sparked the fire that turned into the American Revolution by starting with 'These are the times that try men's souls.' His words solidified a nation to believe that freedom was worth fighting for and that diplomacy had been exhausted, leaving no other recourse than war. It presented many unique ideas of the time such as questioning the fairness of ...
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