Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737–June 8 1809), intellectual, scholar, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A radical pamphleteer, Paine anticipated and helped foment the American Revolution through his powerful writings, most notably Common Sense, an incendiary tract advocating independence from Great Britain. An advocate for liberalism and constitutional republican government, he outlined his political philosophy in The Rights of Man, written both as a reply to Edmund Burke's view of the radical revolution in France and as a general political philosophy treatise. Paine was also noteworthy for his support of deism, taking its form in his theology treatise The Age of Reason, as well as for his eye-witness accounts of both the French and American Revolutions.

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January 29 - 1737 - June 8 - 1809 - Intellectual - Scholar - Idealist - Founding Fathers - United States - Radical - Pamphleteer - American Revolution - Common Sense - Great Britain - Liberalism - Republican government - The Rights of Man - Edmund Burke - France - Treatise - Deism - The Age of Reason - French

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