Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 2007 M09 4 - 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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... fact evolve into one of these reforming philosophers himself , carrying on the utopian missions of the previous century in an attempt to destroy the Thing and restore England to a golden age of selfless virtue . In returning to his ...
... fact evolve into one of these reforming philosophers himself , carrying on the utopian missions of the previous century in an attempt to destroy the Thing and restore England to a golden age of selfless virtue . In returning to his ...
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... fact , in his lifetime he was considered on intellectual par with the giants of his century , and far from being impoverished , he left an estate worth nearly a million dollars in today's money . He clearly had a charm , a style , and ...
... fact , in his lifetime he was considered on intellectual par with the giants of his century , and far from being impoverished , he left an estate worth nearly a million dollars in today's money . He clearly had a charm , a style , and ...
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... fact , when his momentous era began to be known by the title of Paine's last great work , Adams would protest with his signature melodramatic flair ( a key talent for an eighteenth - century trial lawyer ) : I am willing you should call ...
... fact , when his momentous era began to be known by the title of Paine's last great work , Adams would protest with his signature melodramatic flair ( a key talent for an eighteenth - century trial lawyer ) : I am willing you should call ...
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... . . . . It is said he was always a peevish intimate ... but Thomas Paine ... was one of the most instructive men I ever have known . He had a surprising memory and brilliant fancy ; his mind was a storehouse of facts 100 THOMAS PAINE.
... . . . . It is said he was always a peevish intimate ... but Thomas Paine ... was one of the most instructive men I ever have known . He had a surprising memory and brilliant fancy ; his mind was a storehouse of facts 100 THOMAS PAINE.
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... fact was so delirious with fever that he was initially unaware that he had successfully traversed the Atlantic and arrived at the docks of Philadelphia . At this critical moment he received medical attention due to a packet of letters ...
... fact was so delirious with fever that he was initially unaware that he had successfully traversed the Atlantic and arrived at the docks of Philadelphia . At this critical moment he received medical attention due to a packet of letters ...
Contenido
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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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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations Craig Nelson Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |
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