The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine · English
The Age of Reason is Thomas Paine's statement of deism: belief in one God known through reason and the order of nature, together with a rejection of…
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The Age of Reason is Thomas Paine's statement of deism: belief in one God known through reason and the order of nature, together with a rejection of revealed religion and church authority. Paine finished Part I in Paris at the end of 1793, only hours before his arrest during the Terror, and it was published in 1794; Part II followed in 1795. Part I sets out his own creed and his objections to mystery, miracle and prophecy, while Part II examines the books of the Old and New Testaments in detail. This edition includes both parts, with an editor's introduction on the circumstances of their writing.
The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine · English
The Age of Reason is Thomas Paine's statement of deism: belief in one God known through reason and the order of nature, together with a rejection of…
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In the opening year, 1793, when revolutionary France had beheaded its king, the wrath turned next upon the King of kings, by whose grace every tyrant claimed to reign. But eventualities had brought among them a great English and American heart—Thomas Paine. He had pleaded for Louis Capet—“Kill the king but spare the man.” Now he pleaded,—“Disbelieve in the King of kings, but do not confuse with that idol the Father of Mankind!”
Pagera Editor's Note
The Age of Reason is Thomas Paine's statement of deism: belief in one God known through reason and the order of nature, together with a rejection of revealed religion and church authority. Paine finished Part I in Paris at the end of 1793, only hours before his arrest during the Terror, and it was published in 1794; Part II followed in 1795. Part I sets out his own creed and his objections to mystery, miracle and prophecy, while Part II examines the books of the Old and New Testaments in detail. This edition includes both parts, with an editor's introduction on the circumstances of their writing.
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