Christopher hitchens on thomas paines rights of man 14. Its a joy to read, and like all of hitchens, informative and provocative in the best possible way. Thomas paine and thomas jefferson were among his heroes, and in this book, hitchens paints of vibrant picture of paines contributions to public discourse in the time leading up to the american and french revolutions. Rights of man, a piece defending the french revolution. Quotations by thomas paine, english writer, born january 29, 1737. Thomas paine was an englishborn american political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. Everybodys favorite antitheist christopher hitchens appears on nprs talk of the nation on october 23, 2007 to talk about his new book thomas paines rights of man. He really liked the book thomas paines age of reason. Padover described him as a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination. Thomas paine books list of books by author thomas paine. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the american revolution and inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from great britain. See all books authored by thomas paine, including common sense, and common sense, the rights of man, and other essential writings, and more on. Thomas paine was an influential 18thcentury writer of essays and pamphlets. Tom paine has almost no influence on presentday thinking in the united states because he.
His favorite possession was his typewriter, his favorite author was jules verne, and he greatly admired samuel morse. Among them were the age of reason, regarding the place of religion in society. What type of intermolecular forces are expected between pooh3 molecules3. Thomas paine has 458 books on goodreads with 189300 ratings. Collected writings edited by eric foner the library of america, 906 pp. His ideas reflected enlightenmentera ideals of transnational human rights. Thomas paine arrived in the american colonies in 1774, as the conflict between aggrieved colonists and britain was reaching its height. After the battles of lexington and concord in 1775, paine argued that the colonists cause should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence.
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