Thomas Paine was born in Norfolk, England, on January 29, 1737. He received a basic education in history, mathematics, and science, but left school at age 13 to apprentice in his father's corsetmaking shop. In 1757, he spent time at sea aboard the privateer ship King of Prussia, and later found employment as a journeyman staymaker in London. All the while, Paine continued to study on his own, influenced by the work of two leading figures of the Enlightenment, Isaac Newton and John Locke. He began writing political pamphlets, and at the urging of Benjamin Franklin, emigrated to Philadelphia in 1774 to work as an editor for The Pennsylvania Magazine. In 1776, he published Common Sense, which called for America's political freedom from England. The pamphlet sold more than 150,000 copies in three months. Paine next published The American Crisis during the Revolutionary War, inspiring George Washington to read it to his troops at Valley Forge. By the end of the Revolution, however, Paine's influence had run its course, and he fell out of political favor. He returned to Europe, where he published his treatise Rights of Man, which led to his arrest on charges of high treason. Disillusioned with life abroad, he returned to the U.S. to find himself vilifed as an agitator and atheist. He died in obscurity in New York City in 1809.
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When Common Sense was published in January 1776, it sold, by some estimates, a stunning 150,000 copies in the colonies. What exactly made this pamphlet so appealing? This is a question not only about the state of mind of Paine's audience, but also about the role of public opinion and debate, the function of the press, and the shape of political culture in the colonies. This Broadview edition of Paine’s famous pamphlet attempts to reconstruct the context in which it appeared and to recapture the energy and passion of the dispute over the political future of the British colonies in North America. Included along with the text of Common Sense are some of the contemporary arguments for and against the Revolution by John Dickinson, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson; materials from the debate that followed the pamphlet's publication showing the difficulty of the choices facing the colonists; the Declaration of Independence; and the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776.
本书写与1776年,独立宣言发表的那年,与独立宣言一起,成为北美人民反抗英国殖民统治的号角与檄文。 本书目的就是割断当时北美人对英国以及英国式政体的迷信、畏惧,以及幻想和依恋,劝说美国人用自己的力量创造一个崭新的共和国。就像劝慰一个18岁的青年,放弃对家庭和父母...
评分因为对美国一直并非太了解,所以不曾对其文化精神方面妄加评论… 毕竟不了解就没有评论权… 我是抱着“看看你们每天耀武扬威到底是以什么为根据的”的态度去看的… 然后发现我这种态度就玷污了这本书… 这本书我个人觉得纯粹是社会学上的…它本身不涉及任何体制之间的孰优孰劣...
评分本书写与1776年,独立宣言发表的那年,与独立宣言一起,成为北美人民反抗英国殖民统治的号角与檄文。 本书目的就是割断当时北美人对英国以及英国式政体的迷信、畏惧,以及幻想和依恋,劝说美国人用自己的力量创造一个崭新的共和国。就像劝慰一个18岁的青年,放弃对家庭和父母...
评分火,黑暗因它而获得光明和温暖,但是火却总是在光明和温暖中化为一堆灰烬,有时候这堆灰烬还会被风吹散得没有踪迹。 这几天,终于从出版社朝九晚五的日子中结束了,回到了我的随心所欲中,而把自己幸福地扔到了那部厚重的美国新闻史中——这是一本我在书店驻足犹豫多次的书籍...
评分本书写与1776年,独立宣言发表的那年,与独立宣言一起,成为北美人民反抗英国殖民统治的号角与檄文。 本书目的就是割断当时北美人对英国以及英国式政体的迷信、畏惧,以及幻想和依恋,劝说美国人用自己的力量创造一个崭新的共和国。就像劝慰一个18岁的青年,放弃对家庭和父母...
on kindle。看完完全记不得自己看过了什么。
评分今天确实很多东西成了常识,放到当时的时代下,这部作品却是意义非凡的。
评分小小的一本读得却异常的慢,感觉并没有全部理解……以后有机会再读一遍好了……
评分Paine critiques monarchy, especially the evil of hereditary succession. His advocacy for a democratic government is a direct response to the endless suppression and manipulation of the British empire. America desires independence and strives for independence. The tract can be very inspiring and impassioned in that historical period.
评分美国必须从英国独立,君主制国王是邪恶的,这些是常识,结合时代就是为独立背书,隐约有点之后美国孤立主义的影子,没啥意思
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