Thomas Paine

Le Sens Commun (1822)

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Produktbeschreibung

Le Sens Commun est un livre de Thomas Paine, publi¿¿¿¿¿ en 1822. L'auteur y expose ses id¿¿¿¿¿es sur la religion, la politique et la soci¿¿¿¿¿t¿¿¿¿¿, en s'appuyant sur la raison et la logique plut¿¿¿¿¿t que sur la tradition et la superstition. Le livre est divis¿¿¿¿¿ en quatre parties : la premi¿¿¿¿¿re traite de la religion naturelle, la deuxi¿¿¿¿¿me de la religion r¿¿¿¿¿v¿¿¿¿¿l¿¿¿¿¿e, la troisi¿¿¿¿¿me de la politique et de la soci¿¿¿¿¿t¿¿¿¿¿, et la quatri¿¿¿¿¿me de la r¿¿¿¿¿volution fran¿¿¿¿¿aise. Paine y d¿¿¿¿¿fend la libert¿¿¿¿¿ de pens¿¿¿¿¿e et d'expression, ainsi que la s¿¿¿¿¿paration de l'¿¿¿¿¿glise et de l'¿¿¿¿¿tat. Il critique ¿¿¿¿¿galement les monarchies et les aristocraties, et pr¿¿¿¿¿ne la d¿¿¿¿¿mocratie. Le Sens Commun a eu une grande influence sur les mouvements r¿¿¿¿¿volutionnaires et progressistes de l'¿¿¿¿¿poque, et reste un ouvrage important de la litt¿¿¿¿¿rature politique et philosophique.This Book Is In French.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 74
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2009
• Französisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 122g
• ISBN-13: 9781120417381
• ISBN-10: 1120417384
• Artikelnr.: 28063378

Autorenporträt

Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. 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. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights. Born in Thetford in the English county of Norfolk, Paine migrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every rebel read (or listened to a reading of) his powerful pamphlet Common Sense (1776), which crystallized the rebellious demand for independence from Great Britain. Common Sense was so influential that John Adams said: "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain". Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution. The British government, worried by the possibility that the French Revolution might spread to England, had begun suppressing works that espoused radical philosophies. Paine's work, which advocated the right of the people to overthrow their government, was duly targeted, with a writ for his arrest issued in early 1792. Paine fled to France in September where, despite not being able to speak French, he was quickly elected to the French National Convention. The Girondists regarded him as an ally. Consequently, the Montagnards, especially Maximilien Robespierre, regarded him as an enemy. In December 1793, he was arrested and was taken to Luxembourg Prison in Paris. While in prison, he continued to work on The Age of Reason (1793-1794). James Monroe, a future President of the United States, used his diplomatic connections to get Paine released in November 1794. In 1802, he returned to the U.S. where he died on June 8, 1809.