Thomas Paine
 |
The English used in this article or section may not be easy for everybody to understand. You can help Wikipedia by reading Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages, then simplifying the article. please fill in the date or use {{subst:Complex/auto}} to substitute the date. |
| Thomas Paine | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Full name | Thomas Paine |
| Era | 18th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Enlightenment, Radicalism, Classical liberalism, Republicanism |
| Main interests | Ethics, Politics |
|
Influenced by
|
|
|
Influenced
|
|
Thomas Paine (29 January 1737–8 June 1809) was an English pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, inventor, and intellectual. He lived and worked in Britain until he was 37, when he emigrated to the British American colonies during American Revolution. His main contribution was the powerful, widely-read pamphlet Common Sense (1776). It promoted the idea of colonial America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. He also wrote the The American Crisis (1776–1783), a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. Thomas Paine, after the American Revolution, wrote the Age of Reason. This pamphlet promoted using of reason when it came to religious claims and was critical of organized religion. Paine along with other American founders such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were supporters of reason when it comes to religion in lieu of revelation. Paine was part of the greater Age of Enlightenment movement that dated back to about the early 17th century.
[change] Other Websites
Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Quotations from Wikiquote
Source texts from Wikisource
Images and media from Commons
News stories from Wikinews
This short article about a person or group of people from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
