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    Thomas Paine Common Sence

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    Thomas Paine’s Common Sense The pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine with its commentary about government and its views of man helped shape the attitude of the colonist in the time of the revolutionary war. Paine begins by making the correlation that individuals have a predisposition to correlate government with the society as a whole. However‚ argues that society is something we are to strive to attain‚ in contrast to government which is "a necessary evil." Paine argues that Society encourages

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    most follow Thomas Jefferson’s take on them which states “that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty‚ and the pursuit of Happiness.” The basic ideas being that all men are equal and free to live life. It is stated that a government infringing on these rights is grounds for the people to “. . . alter or abolish it‚ and to institute new Government. . .” in order to protect their rights. Thomas Paine follows

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    Thomas Paine wrote the Age of Reason in order to express his belief in religion. Throughout his writing‚ Thomas Paine conveys his belief in God‚ but criticizes organized religion and the writings of the bible. Paine states that his own mind is his church. In the first part of the book Paine discusses the book of Revelations and the word of God. According to Paine‚ Revelation is something communicated directly from God. He says that a revelation may occur to one individual only‚ and the word is passed

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    According to the Common Sense Lesson‚ Thomas Paine distinguishes or defines society as‚ “Society is produced by our wants … the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections.” That everything constructive and good that people are joining together to accomplish. For Government he describes it as‚ “restraining our vices.” and that‚ “Government‚ even in its best state‚ is but a necessary evil.” The purpose of the government is to protect us from our own wicked behaviors‚ and to

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    America is the most diverse country in the world and people come here to live the “American Dream”. Paine’s assertion is still true today that America is a diverse nation‚ however‚ the “the taxes are few” and there being “nothing to engender riots and tumults” is in fact not true today. America is known as the world’s “melting pot” for a reason. People want to come to the greatest nation on Earth. Throughout the history of America people have immigrated from a wide variety of war-torn‚ famine‚ poverty-stricken

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    cultures. According to Thomas Paine‚ the new world does an exemplary job at keeping everything in “cordial unison.” Paine claims that in America “the poor are not oppressed‚ the rich are not privileged….Their taxes are few‚ because their government is just; and as there is nothing to render them wretched‚ there is nothing to engender riots and tumults.” U.S. citizens would love to believe that this is true‚ but what is not always visible from the outside‚ is the fact that the American government does not

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    its individuals. Whether the people choose to stand united as one in a land that promotes diversity‚ or remain isolated from one another due to contrasting beliefs‚ there is bound to be controversy in regards to the management of this situation. Thomas Paine‚ a revolutionary intellectual‚ shares his input as to what truly characterizes America as a whole within his book‚ the Rights of Man. Although some individuals contend that his content within the passage are not applicable to today’s standards

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    Thomas Paine wanted to establish a central democratic republican form of government. Paine’s vision of a new government still applies today. In The Common Sense Paine said‚ "might never form to themselves an interest separate from the ELECTORS‚ prudence will point out the propriety of having elections often." He wanted a government to run by elections. Today we vote for officials in the county‚ state‚ and country. In The Common Sense Paine says‚ “I draw my idea of the form of government

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    Thomas Paine Common Sense

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    Common Sense is a document written by Thomas Paine who strongly advocates the urgency to have the colonies become an independent nation. He argues‚ that the nation has to break ties from the evils of Britain‚ in order to have an established society. On the surface‚ the document would seem to hold the ideas of freedom and democracy‚ but upon examining it closer‚ I believe that it was all propaganda‚ that was only to benefit a small elite group. Thomas Paine’s argued that under Britain’s rule‚ no

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    “[Miracles] would not…answer any useful purpose.” said Thomas Paine‚ author of “Common Sense.” In Paine’s mind‚ miracles were out of the question because Christ would be degrading Himself and nature would have to change its natural order to accommodate Jesus. Perhaps‚ Paine could be considered a bit of a snob. Jesus walked the earth long before Paine’s time and had to use example from that time period to help people understand much like how Paine had to examples from the war in his paper to stir people

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