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Universally considered the first international revolutionary, Tom Paine wrote some of the most influential documents in the tradition of late eighteenth-century popular radicalism, including Common Sense (1776), the most important pamphlet of the American Revolution, Rights of Man
(1791-2), the most famous defense of the French Revolution, and The Age of Reason (1795), his last major work which proved as damaging to the established Church as his political thought was to governments.
Mark Philp's study examines the political and religious writings and thought of Tom Paine. He explores the important role that Paine's writings played in the development of radicalism in Britain, emphasizing his commitment to democracy and republicanism as exemplified by the integral
connection between his political thought and rhetorical style.
(1791-2), the most famous defense of the French Revolution, and The Age of Reason (1795), his last major work which proved as damaging to the established Church as his political thought was to governments.
Mark Philp's study examines the political and religious writings and thought of Tom Paine. He explores the important role that Paine's writings played in the development of radicalism in Britain, emphasizing his commitment to democracy and republicanism as exemplified by the integral
connection between his political thought and rhetorical style.
144 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 1989
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Mark Philp
59 books3 followersMark Philp is a British political philosopher and historian of political thought who specialises in British political thought in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He has published books on Thomas Paine and on responses to the French Revolution in Britain.
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July 7, 2015
This is a GREAT little book.
Nothing superfluous.
Philp firstly takes us through Paine's amazing life in which he got caught up in both the American and French Revolutions, practically initiating the American one through his writings in COMMONSENSE and in France defending the life of the King and consequently almost losing his head to the guillotine with the Jacobin faction who had similar opinions. A man of principle in the face of Death itself, scribbling away in prison at his book The Age of Reason which told the truth about the Bible and the Christian Error.Like many men of the Enlightenment he was a Deist, although the Americans accused him of being an atheist.(The Americans have had a really bad run with religion as religion has had with them. A Bad Mix.)
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Nothing superfluous.
Philp firstly takes us through Paine's amazing life in which he got caught up in both the American and French Revolutions, practically initiating the American one through his writings in COMMONSENSE and in France defending the life of the King and consequently almost losing his head to the guillotine with the Jacobin faction who had similar opinions. A man of principle in the face of Death itself, scribbling away in prison at his book The Age of Reason which told the truth about the Bible and the Christian Error.Like many men of the Enlightenment he was a Deist, although the Americans accused him of being an atheist.(The Americans have had a really bad run with religion as religion has had with them. A Bad Mix.)
MORE TO COME....
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September 23, 2010Paine (Past Masters) by Mark Philp (1989)
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