Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsPenguin, 04.09.2007 - 432 Seiten 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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... " a Thing that was turning Englishmen away from the nation's great traditions of honor and virtue into a wholly self- interested horde of beasts . Cobbett was baffled and aggrieved . How had this happened The Mission of Atonement 3.
... " a Thing that was turning Englishmen away from the nation's great traditions of honor and virtue into a wholly self- interested horde of beasts . Cobbett was baffled and aggrieved . How had this happened The Mission of Atonement 3.
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... turning away from the Enlightenment's optimistic vision of progress for the future , belief in the infinite powers of natural philoso- phy , and admiration for ancient Rome's republican heroes , in favor of evangelical religion , land ...
... turning away from the Enlightenment's optimistic vision of progress for the future , belief in the infinite powers of natural philoso- phy , and admiration for ancient Rome's republican heroes , in favor of evangelical religion , land ...
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... turn been silenced by the reigns of Terror , Bonaparte , and England's Pitt the Younger . While a Tory Federalist living in Philadelphia , Cobbett had attacked this group of do - gooders , claiming that their " humanity , like that of ...
... turn been silenced by the reigns of Terror , Bonaparte , and England's Pitt the Younger . While a Tory Federalist living in Philadelphia , Cobbett had attacked this group of do - gooders , claiming that their " humanity , like that of ...
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... turn in my bed without help . With debilitating headaches , fever , chills , nausea , and fatigue , and a rash covering his entire body , the nearly comatose Paine was convinced he would die before seeing anything of the New World , and ...
... turn in my bed without help . With debilitating headaches , fever , chills , nausea , and fatigue , and a rash covering his entire body , the nearly comatose Paine was convinced he would die before seeing anything of the New World , and ...
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... turn over in bed . How an itinerant staymaker , taxman , grocer , teacher , widower , and divorcé , who'd relentlessly failed in everything personal and professional he had ever attempted , acquired these letters , and how he ended up ...
... turn over in bed . How an itinerant staymaker , taxman , grocer , teacher , widower , and divorcé , who'd relentlessly failed in everything personal and professional he had ever attempted , acquired these letters , and how he ended up ...
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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 Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
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