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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] - June 8, 1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination".
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    • The Rights of Man and Common Sense (Revolutions Series)

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    The Age of Reason is a criticism of not just the Christian church, but as a rejection of all forms of organized religion....

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    • Rights of Man

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    Rights of Man presents an impassioned defense of the Enlightenment principles of freedom and equality that Thomas Paine believed would soon sweep the world....

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    "These are the times that try men's souls." With these words, Thomas Paine began a series of 13 extraordinary pamphlets reporting on the American Revolution....

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    Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain....

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    • Rights of Man

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    Using the French Revolution and its ideals as an example, Paine demonstrates his belief that any government must put the rights of its citizens above all else, especially politics....

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