num_pages: 287
description: The authorities in power in England during Thomas Paine's lifetime saw him as an agent provocateur who used his seditious eloquence to support the emancipation of slaves &amp; women, the demands of working people &amp; the rebels of the French &amp; American Revolutions. History, on the other hand, has come to regard him as the figure who gave political cogency to the Enlightenment's liberating ideas. His great pamphlets, Rights of Man &amp; Common Sense, are now recognized as classic arguments in defense of the individual's right to assert freedom in the face of tyranny.
language: English
title: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
titlecomplete: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
genres: Historical, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction, Essays, Classics, American History, History
ratings_count: 15458
publisher: Plume