The Age of Reason - Softcover

Paine, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1502965569 ISBN 13: 9781502965561

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) was an author, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the most influential writers during the American Revolution. He's best known for Common Sense and The American Crisis, but he also wrote The Age of Reason, a treatise that questions the legitimacy of the Church and the Bible.

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About the Author:

English-born Thomas Paine left behind hearth and home for adventures on the high seas at nineteen. Upon returning to shore, he became a tax officer, and it was this job that inspired him to write The Case of the Officers of Excise in 1772. Paine then immigrated to Philadelphia, and in 1776 he published Common Sense, a defense of American independence from England. After returning to Europe, Paine wrote his famous Rights of Man as a response to criticism of the French Revolution. He was subsequently labeled as an outlaw, leading him to flee to France where he joined the National Convention. However, in 1793 Paine was imprisoned, and during this time he wrote the first part of The Age of Reason, an anti-church text which would go on to be his most famous work. After his release, Paine returned to America where he passed away in 1809.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1502965569
• ISBN 13: 9781502965561
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96