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The Rights of Man

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Germany Naxos Audio 2008Description: Running Time : 4hrs and 37 MinutesISBN:
  • 978-1452600765
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.5 PAI
Summary: Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality. Using the French Revolution and its ideals as an example, he demonstrates his belief that any Government must put the inherent rights of its citizens above all else. So controversial was his argument, that after its publication, Paine left England for France and was tried in his absence for libel against the crown
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Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality. Using the French Revolution and its ideals as an example, he demonstrates his belief that any Government must put the inherent rights of its citizens above all else. So controversial was his argument, that after its publication, Paine left England for France and was tried in his absence for libel against the crown

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