A muchrespected thinker of his time, and a founding father of the united states, thomas paine wrote a number of political treatises. Paine, who coined the phrase religion of humanity the crisis, vii. The writings of thomas paine california humanities. Common sense the american crisis rights of man the age of reason pamphlets, articles, and letters ebook written by thomas paine. Thomas paine, the writings of thomas paine, collected and edited by moncure daniel conway new york. By the blunder of an early english publisher of paine s writings, one essay in the london crisis was attributed to. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
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Every effort has been made to include all of paines writings available at present, and to present them in a manner that would make clear their historical background. Thomas paine january 29, 1737 june 8, 1809, generally called tom paine, was an english writer, intellectual, and revolutionary whose works were influential during the enlightenment in the united states and europe. Common sense the crisis rights of man the age of reason pamphlets, articles, and letters. Collected writings book by thomas paine thriftbooks. Thomas paine, born january 29, 1737, thetford, norfolk, englanddied june 8, 1809, new york, new york, u. Thomas paine, advocate of sound money and banking cato. The writings of thomas paine, collected and edited by moncure daniel conway. Collected writings is kept in print by a gift from sidney and ruth lapidus to the guardians of american letters fund. Emphasizing paines american career, it brings together his bestknown works common sense, the american crisis, rights of man, the age of reason along with scores of. Thomas paine, 17371809, angloamerican political theorist and writer, b. Every effort has been made to include all of paine s writings available at present, and to present them in a manner that would make clear their historical background.
This copy containing the rarely found general title page and list of subscribers names, including leaders such as james madison and nathan hale, scarce in contemporary sheep. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. The son of a workingclass quaker, he became an excise officer and was dismissed from the service after leading 1772 agitation for higher salaries. Conquest may be effected under the pretence of friendship. Primary documents are widely available, but i recommend the volume published by the library of america 1995 titled. Ill nature or ridicule may conspire, or a variety of accidents combine to lessen.
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Paine is most renowned for his activities advocating democracy. The complete writings of thomas paine, collected and edited by philip s. This library of america volume is the first major new edition of his work in 50 years, and the most comprehensive singlevolume collection of his writings available. Thomas paine, in his will, speaks of this work as the american crisis, remembering perhaps that a number of political pamphlets had appeared in london, 17751776, under general title of the crisis. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read thomas paine. Thomas paine was the impassioned democratic voice of the age of revolution, and this volume brings together his bestknown works. Paine was the impassioned democratic voice of the age of revolution, and this volume brings together his bestknown workscommon sense, the american crisis.
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