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

    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

    In the atlas

    1 of 3 passages mapped

    Figures16

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

    Ideas12

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

    Places

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

    Groups

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

    Objects

    English Constitution

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