Thomas Paine

A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Paine was a prominent English-American philosopher and political activist.  Paine was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and his influential pamphlets helped inspire the American Revolution.  Paine's classics such as Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason, are still widely read today. This edition of A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal includes a table of contents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Charles River Editors
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781537804545
• Artikelnr.: 54274302

Autorenporträt

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-born political philosopher and writer whose works significantly influenced the American and French revolutions. In 1774, he emigrated to the American colonies with the assistance of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the burgeoning revolutionary movement. His pamphlet Common Sense (1776) was instrumental in galvanizing public support for American independence from Britain.Following the American Revolution, Paine returned to Europe and became involved in the French Revolution. He authored Rights of Man (1791-1792), a defense of the French Revolution and a call for political rights and social reforms. During this period, he was elected to the French National Convention but was later imprisoned due to his opposition to the execution of King Louis XVI.Paine's later work, The Age of Reason (1794-1807), critiqued organized religion and promoted deism, leading to widespread controversy. He returned to the United States in 1802 but faced ostracism for his religious views. Despite his significant contributions to revolutionary thought, Paine died in relative obscurity in 1809.