Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    Enlightenment · English

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine

    The pamphlet that turned a colonial tax dispute into an argument for independence, in the first-edition text of January 1776. Originally English; from the shelves of David Hart's Digital Library of Liberty and Power.

    Chapters
    4
    Variants
    4
    Genre
    Political & Social Theory
    Difficulty
    Beginner

    chapters

    4 chapters
    1. 01Of the Origin and Design of GOVERNMENT in general, with concise Remarks on the ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.prose
    2. 02Of MONARCHY and hereditary succession.prose
    3. 03THOUGHTS, on the present STATE of AMERICAN AFFAIRS.prose
    4. 04OF THE PRESENT ABILITY OF AMERICA, WITH SOME MISCELLANEOUS REFLECTIONS.prose

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    Figures— 10 of 17

    Adam · Charles I · David · Devil · Edward IV · Gideon · God · Henry VI · Henry VII · King

    Ideas— 10 of 12

    Conscience · Freedom · Government · Hereditary Succession · Idolatry · Monarchy · Natural Rights · Original Sin · Priestcraft / Kingcraft · Republic / Republican Government

    Places— 8

    Egypt · England · France · Holland · Paradise · Spain · State-House / Parliament · Turkey

    Groups— 8

    Children of Israel · Electors / Representatives · Houses of York and Lancaster · Midianites · Patriarchs and prophets · Peers · The Commons · the heathen

    Objects— 1

    English Constitution

    4 citations · 12 themes · 46 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.

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