Rights of Man (Chump Change Edition) - Softcover

Paine, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1640320725 ISBN 13: 9781640320727

Publisher: Chump Change, 1791

Synopsis

Unabridged text of Rights of Man, by Thomas Paine, offered here for chump change.  Paine argues in this political pamphlet for a society ruled by the people, and adds extra weight to his opinions through his footnotes and tables.

Paine was outlawed in Britain and escaped execution in France, due to the power of his pen challenging authority in the plain language of the people.

A glimpse into early American life, read Paine’s full text here in this slim volume, provided at an affordable price.

Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION          3
RIGHTS OF MAN               4
Part The First; Being An Answer To Mr. Burke’s Attack On The French Revolution              4
Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of Citizens By The National Assembly Of France   39
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS           40
MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER          41
CONCLUSION    53
RIGHTS OF MAN               57
Part The Second; Combining Principle And Practice.         57
PREFACE              57
INTRODUCTION                60
I: OF SOCIETY AND CIVILIZATION              62
II: OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT OLD GOVERNMENTS               64
III: OF THE NEW AND OLD SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENTS 65
IV: OF CONSTITUTIONS 72
V: WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF EUROPE, INTERSPERSED WITH MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS                84
APPENDIX           115
 

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Review:

"No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style, in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple and unassuming language." -Thomas Jefferson

About the Author:

Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was an English and American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary. As the author of the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights. Born in Thetford, England, in the county of Norfolk, he emigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every rebel read (or listened to a reading of) his powerful pamphlet Common Sense (1776), the best-selling American title which crystallized the rebellious demand for independence from Great Britain. His The American Crisis (1776–83) was a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. Common Sense was so influential that John Adams said, "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chump Change
• Publication date: 1791
• ISBN 10: 1640320725
• ISBN 13: 9781640320727
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118