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Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography is Christopher Hitchens's contribution to the Books That Changed the World series. Hitchens, a great admirer of Thomas Paine , covers the history of Paine's 1791 book, The Rights of Man , and analyzes its significance.
- Christopher Hitchens
- United States
- 2007
- English
Rights of Man (1791), a book by Thomas Paine, including 31 articles, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people. Using these points as a base it defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
- Britain
- 1791
- English
- Thomas Paine
1 apr 2024 · Thomas Paine, political propagandist whose Common Sense pamphlet and Crisis papers influenced the American Revolution. His other prominent works included Rights of Man, a defense of the French Revolution and of republican principles, and The Age of Reason, an exposition of the place of religion in society.
Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke’s attack on the French Revolution, Paine’s text is a passionate defense of man’s inalienable rights, and the key to his reputation.
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30 ott 2021 · Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution, Paine's text is a passionate defense of man's inalienable rights.
23 lug 2007 · Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke’s attack on the French Revolution, Paine’s text is a passionate defense of man’s inalienable rights. Since its publication, Rights of Man has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted.
11 nov 2007 · Share full article. By Richard Brookhiser. Nov. 11, 2007. Earlier this year, the Atlantic Monthly Press began to publish a series of books on “books that changed the world.” Now comes “Thomas...