The Age of Reason: Part I & II - Brossura

Paine, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1908388080 ISBN 13: 9781908388087

Casa editrice: Aziloth Books, 2011

Riassunto

Thomas Paine was Deist, a believer in God, but highly critical of priests and appeals to the authority of holy books. 'The Age of Reason', written over two hundred years ago, sets out to examine the Christian bible critically and logically, an act of considerable bravery given the power of the Christian Church in those times. The work was outlawed in Great Britain as potentially seditious and liable to upset the social balance of the country, but it became a runaway bestseller in America. Many of Paine's criticisms and analyses remain relevant today and the book has become a classic in the literature of Free Thinking.

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Informazioni sull?autore

1737-1809. Born in Norfolk, England, Paine emigrated to the British American colonies where, as a revolutionary leader, political activist and journalist he supported the American colonist's fight for independence. His widely read pamphlet, 'Common Sense', was a powerful weapon in this fight. "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, wrote John Adams, "the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." As a social and political reformist, Paine supported the revolution in France, (where he was arrested and imprisoned in 1793), addressed property ownership and introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income. In 'The Age of Reason', it was his stance against institutionalized religion in general, and Christian doctrine in particular, that made him unpopular in later life.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Aziloth Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1908388080
• ISBN 13: 9781908388087
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 132
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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