Beschrijving
The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each volume and section of the following titles by Thomas Paine:
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EPISTLE TO QUAKERS
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THE FORESTER’S LETTERS
Thomas Paine was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was also a political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary that is seen today in the row with the greatest thinkers such as John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Hobbes, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. Their collected thoughts have had strong influence on building the foundation of the United States and its endeavor of open society.
Thomas Paine’s essays in this collection were published between 1774 and 1779 in a row. In the Forester’s Letters, Paine debated those advocating reconciliation and helped decide the debate in favor of separation and revolution. His major contribution to the formation of the United States was that his writings inspired the people in the Thirteen Colonies to fight for independence from Great Britain. Paine convinced American people that the conflict of the Thirteen Colonies with Great Britain was between the good American devoted to civic virtue and the selfish provincial man. The independence was with common dissenting Protestant beliefs.
On September 23, 2015 , Chinese President Xi Jinping, the powerful leader of the last and largest communist country in the world, visited the United States and claimed to American people that he enjoyed reading the books by Thomas Paine. Interestingly, this reminded American people that in 1800 Paine had a meeting with Napoleon in Paris. Napoleon also claimed he slept with a copy of Rights of Man under his pillow and told Paine that \
