Common Sense & The Rights of Man - The Voice of the American Revolution
Words of a Visionary That Sparked the Revolution and Remained the Core of American Democratic PrinciplesBy Thomas Paine
Length41h 39m
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Paine's visionary call for republicanism and social welfare was generations ahead of its time when "Rights of Man" was published. According to Paine - Government's sole purpose is safeguarding the individual and his/her inherent, inalienable rights; each societal institution that does not benefit the nation is illegitimate—especially monarchy and aristocracy. Human rights originate in Nature, thus, rights cannot be granted via political charter, because that implies that rights are legally revocable, hence, would be privileges.
Common Sense was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Thomas Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It. Common Sense made public a persuasive and impassioned case for independence, which before the pamphlet had not yet been given serious intellectual consideration. He connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity, structuring Common Sense as if it were a sermon. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era".
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. Paine's ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights.
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Length41 hrs 39 mins
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Publish dateMar 20, 2017
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Table of contents
1Common Sense & The Rights of Man - The Voice of the American Revolution
2On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution
3Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
4Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
5Of the Present Ability of America: with some Miscellaneous Reflections
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6PART I
7The Author's Preface to the English Edition
8The Author's Preface to the French Edition
9Rights of Man (pt. 1)
10Rights of Man (pt. 2)
11Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of Citizens By The National Assembly Of France
12Observations on the Declaration of Rights
13Miscellaneous Chapter
14Conclusion
15PART II
16Preface
17Introduction
18Chapter I
19Chapter II
20Chapter III
21Chapter IV
22Chapter V (pt. 1)
23Chapter V (pt. 2)
24Appendix
25Preface
26Chapter I. Early Influences
27Chapter II. Early Struggles
28Chapter III. Domestic Trouble
29Chapter IV. The New World
30Chapter V. Liberty And Equality
31Chapter VI. "Common Sense"
32Chapter VII. Under The Banner Of Independence
33Chapter VIII. Soldier And Secretary
34Chapter IX. French Aid, And The Paine-deane Controversy
35Chapter X. A Story By Gouverneur Morris
36Chapter XI. Cause, Country, Self
37Chapter XII. A Journey To France
38Chapter XIII. The Muzzled Ox Treading Out The Grain
39Chapter XIV. Great Washington And Poor Paine
40Chapter XV. Pontifical And Political Inventions
41Chapter XVI. Returning To The Old Home
42Chapter XVII. A British Lion With An American Heart
43Chapter XVIII. Paine's Letters To Jefferson In Paris
44Chapter XIX. The Key Of The Bastille
45Chapter XX. "The Rights Of Man"
46Chapter XXI. Founding The European Republic
47Chapter XXII. The Right Of Evolution
48Chapter XXIII. The Deputy For Calais In The Convention
49Chapter XXIV. Outlawed In England
50Chapter I. "Kill The King, But Not The Man"
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