Common Sense - Thomas Paine
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Among the most influential authors and reformers of his age, Thomas Paine (1737–1809) was born in England but went on to play an important role in both the American and French Revolutions. In 1774, he emigrated to America where, for a time, he helped to edit the Pennsylvania Magazine. On January 10, 1776, he published his pamphlet Common Sense, a persuasive argument for the colonies’ political and economic separation from Britain.
Common Sense cites the evils of monarchy, accuses the British government of inflicting economic and social injustices upon the colonies, and points to the absurdity of an island attempting to rule a continent. Credited by George Washington as having changed the minds of many of his countrymen, the document sold over 500,000 copies within a few months.
Today, Common Sense remains a landmark document in the struggle for freedom, distinguished not only by Paine’s ideas but also by its clear and passionate presentation. Designed to ignite public opinion against autocratic rule, the pamphlet offered a careful balance between imagination and judgment, and appropriate language and expression to fit the subject. It immediately found a receptive audience, heartened Washington’s despondent army, and foreshadowed much of the phrasing and substance of the Declaration of Independence.
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This post has 9 comments with rating of 5/5
May 6th, 2023
Is this ever not topical! Thank you! Our moor!
May 6th, 2023
If there is a foundational document of America, this is it. It was written by an atheist. Which is why it stays relevant.
May 6th, 2023
@pryderi - Wrong. He was a self-proclaimed monotheist (believing in one God). His disdain was for ORGANIZED religion, nothing else. Do a little research next time.
@rmoor - Thanks for the upload!
May 6th, 2023
“The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race, have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion…”
May 6th, 2023
Thx RM
May 6th, 2023
“I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my own Church.”
May 6th, 2023
Thanks for proving my point…he doesn’t believe in ORGANIZED RELIGION. He believed in GOD, not in ORGANIZED RELIGION.
You see the difference, right?
May 6th, 2023
grond has the correct analysis, of course.
Paine’s deism — the belief in God, but the eschewing of organised religion — is often erroneously confused with atheism. Those hostile to religion, for their own purposes, have many times expediently tried to “claim” Paine (& others) in this regard.
With “The Age of Reason” Paine was probably the principal exponent of deism, in the American context.
You might say instead that “It was written by a deist. Which is why it stays relevant.” - But that scarcely has the same polemical bang.
Thanks again, rmoor.
July 10th, 2023
Thanks.
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