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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GenrePolitics and Government, History
Length41 hrs 39 mins
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Publish dateMar 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Common Sense & The Rights of Man - The Voice of the American Revolution
37Chapter XII. A Journey To France
2On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution
38Chapter XIII. The Muzzled Ox Treading Out The Grain
3Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
39Chapter XIV. Great Washington And Poor Paine
4Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
40Chapter XV. Pontifical And Political Inventions
5Of the Present Ability of America: with some Miscellaneous Reflections
41Chapter XVI. Returning To The Old Home
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6PART I
42Chapter XVII. A British Lion With An American Heart
7The Author's Preface to the English Edition
43Chapter XVIII. Paine's Letters To Jefferson In Paris
8The Author's Preface to the French Edition
44Chapter XIX. The Key Of The Bastille
9Rights of Man (pt. 1)
45Chapter XX. "The Rights Of Man"
10Rights of Man (pt. 2)
46Chapter XXI. Founding The European Republic
11Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of Citizens By The National Assembly Of France
47Chapter XXII. The Right Of Evolution
12Observations on the Declaration of Rights
48Chapter XXIII. The Deputy For Calais In The Convention
13Miscellaneous Chapter
49Chapter XXIV. Outlawed In England
14Conclusion
50Chapter I. "Kill The King, But Not The Man"
15PART II
51Chapter II. An Outlawed English Ambassador
16Preface
52Chapter III. Revolution vs. Constitution
17Introduction
53Chapter IV. A Garden In The Faubourg St. Denis
18Chapter I
54Chapter V. A Conspiracy
19Chapter II
55Chapter VI. A Testimony Under The Guillotine
20Chapter III
56Chapter VII. A Minister And His Prisoner
21Chapter IV
57Chapter VIII. Sick And In Prison
22Chapter V (pt. 1)
58Chapter IX. A Restoration
23Chapter V (pt. 2)
59Chapter X. The Silence Of Washington
24Appendix
60Chapter XI. "The Age Of Reason"
25Preface
61Chapter XII. Friendships
26Chapter I. Early Influences
62Chapter XIII. Theophilanthropy
27Chapter II. Early Struggles
63Chapter XIV. The Republican Abdiel
28Chapter III. Domestic Trouble
64Chapter XV. The Last Year In Europe
29Chapter IV. The New World
65Chapter XVI. The American Inquisition
30Chapter V. Liberty And Equality
66Chapter XVII. New Rochelle And The Bonnevilles
31Chapter VI. "Common Sense"
67Chapter XVIII. A New York Prometheus
32Chapter VII. Under The Banner Of Independence
68Chapter XIX. Personal Traits
33Chapter VIII. Soldier And Secretary
69Chapter XX. Death And Resurrection
34Chapter IX. French Aid, And The Paine-deane Controversy
70Appendix A. The Cobbett Papers
35Chapter X. A Story By Gouverneur Morris
71Appendix B. The Hall Manuscripts
36Chapter XI. Cause, Country, Self
72Appendix C. Portraits Of Paine
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