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Thomas Paine was perhaps the first international revolutionary. His "Common Sense" was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution; his "Rights of Man" was the most famous defence of the French. His ideas still capture broadly the beliefs behind liberal welfare states today.

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  • Paperback: 504 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press (March 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0192828657
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192828651
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 stars We have it in our power to begin the world over again, July 5, 2007
This was a required reading for a graduate humanities class. John Keane's biography succinctly showed that Tom Paine (1737-1809) was the consummate revolutionary and a daring adventurer. Not only was he an important figure in the American Revolution, but he also traveled to France in 1791 to give that revolution a push. Paine traveled from England, just in time to stoke the flames of the revolution with his pamphlet Common Sense, in January 1776. To call Common Sense a sensation in the colonies is actually a bit of an understatement. It was an unparallel sensation and monumental work of Enlightenment rhetoric that quickly fanned the flames of rebellion throughout the colonies. In four months, over 120,000 copies were printed in the colonies--over 500,000 copies by years end. No other pamphlet printed in seventeenth century America came close to its success. Most importantly, Common Sense served to get the colonial patriots to drop their fear of open rebellion, and also emboldened those delegates who favored declaring independence from Britain. The delegates now had the confidence that a large segment of the colonists would support rebellion. Similar to the Declaration of Independence, the philosophical ideas in Common Sense are primarily from the English philosopher, John Locke (1632-1704). The most moving quote from the pamphlet became quite prophetic, when one considers the impact it ultimately had on the delegates in the congress, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, and on the world. "We have it in our power to begin the world over again."

As a graduate student in philosophy and history, I heartily recommend this timeless classic to anyone who is interested in political philosophy, and history.
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