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An Unabridged Edition (Parts I and II) From 'The Writings Of Thomas Paine, ' Edited By Moncure Conway With All Charts and Tables, Notes and Footnotes, To Include A Chronology Of Paine's Life

It has been my intention, for several years past, to publish my thoughts upon religion; I am well aware of the difficulties that attend the subject, and from that consideration, had reserved it to a more advanced period of life. I intended it to be the last offering I should... Read Full Overview

Thomas Paine, a seminal figure in American History, was an Englishman by birth who immigrated to America in 1774, where he quickly took up the cause of the independence of the American colonies from England. His famous work "Common Sense", published in 1776, helped to gain... Read Full Overview

"My own mind is my own church." Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

A Complete, Unabridged Edition Of Parts I and II Taken From 'The Writings Of Thomas Paine, ' Collected and Edited By Moncure Conway (Volume Four-1896), To Include A General and Editor's Introduction, Plus All Charts and Tables, In Addition To Detailed Notes and Footnotes With... Read Full Overview

The Age of Reason is a book written by Thomas Paine, a prominent political activist and philosopher of the 18th century. The book is a critique of organized religion and a defense of rational thinking and scientific inquiry. Paine argues that religious institutions have been... Read Full Overview

Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society culminated with this, his final work. An attack on revealed religion from the deist point of view -- embodied by Paine's credo, "I believe in one God, and no more" -- its critical and objective examination... Read Full Overview

In the opening year, 1793, when revolutionary France had beheaded its king, the wrath turned next upon the King of kings, by whose grace every tyrant claimed to reign. But eventualities had brought among them a great English and American heart -- Thomas Paine. He had pleaded... Read Full Overview

The Age of Reason written by Thomas Paine, is a philosophical pamphlet arguing for the position of deism, originally published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807. The work promotes the concept of natural religion, basing the arguments for the existence of a creator-God on... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology is an influential work written by English and American... Read Full Overview

"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst," declared Thomas Paine, adding, "every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity." Paine's years... Read Full Overview

The Age of Reasonis one of the most influential defences of Deism (the idea that God can be known without organized religion) ever written. This edition presents Part 1, Paine's controversial philosophical argument against revealed religion, with representative excerpts of his... Read Full Overview