托马斯·潘恩

Common sense and other writings is a 2005 compilation of writings by Thomas Paine edited by Joyce Appleby.

Rights of Man presents an impassioned defense of the Enlightenment principles of freedom and equality that Thomas Paine believed would soon sweep the world. He boldly claimed, "From a small spark, kindled in America, a flame has arisen, not to be extinguished. Without consuming ... it winds its progress from nation to …

I put the following work under your protection. It contains my opinion upon Religion. You will do me the justice to remember, that I have always strenuously supported the Right of every man to his opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself …

《常識》由美國人托馬斯·潘恩於1776年1月出版的一本五十頁小冊子，其中系統論證了北美洲十三個英國殖民地獨立的合理性和必要性。2003年美國最大連鎖書商「邦諾書店」統計，《常識》位居影響美國歷史的二十本書的榜首。在問世二百年之後，《常識》才有了中譯本。 …