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The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology
Thomas Paine
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Paperback. Published in two parts between 1794 and 1795, this controversial tract on religion is the work of a revolutionary freethinker. Series: Cambridge Library Collection -Philosophy. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
A major actor in the American Revolution, the English intellectual Thomas Paine (1737–1809) is best remembered for his pamphlet Common Sense (1776), which advocated American independence from Britain. Although accorded honorary French citizenship in 1792 for his republican Rights of Man, Paine was later imprisoned and narrowly escaped the guillotine. It was around this time that he started to write The Age of Reason, originally published in two parts between 1794 and 1795. In Part 1, Paine outlines his personal religious views and attacks institutional faith as a human invention, while Part 2 analyses the Bible and highlights its contradictions. ... Read more
A major actor in the American Revolution, the English intellectual Thomas Paine (1737–1809) is best remembered for his pamphlet Common Sense (1776), which advocated American independence from Britain. Although accorded honorary French citizenship in 1792 for his republican Rights of Man, Paine was later imprisoned and narrowly escaped the guillotine. It was around this time that he started to write The Age of Reason, originally published in two parts between 1794 and 1795. In Part 1, Paine outlines his personal religious views and attacks institutional faith as a human invention, while Part 2 analyses the Bible and highlights its contradictions. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection -Philosophy
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108045476
SKU
V9781108045476
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