Overview
Published anonymously in January of
1776 and , it is the book that created the modern United States by
challenging the authority of the British government and the royal
monarchy. It made public a persuasive and impassioned case for
independence, which before this pamphlet had not yet been given serious
intellectual consideration.
内容简介
《常识:影响世界历史里程的书》是托马斯•潘恩(Thomas
Paine,1737~1809) 1776年1月以“一个英国人”的署名而发表的,它在当时的影响今人无法想象——北美大陆,几乎人手一本。成为《圣经》之后影响力最大、流传范围最广的一本书。
《常识:影响世界历史里程的书》也被作为是北美人民独立战争的纲领,它的思想后来被《独立宣言》所吸收,成为美国政治制度的灵魂。可以说,这本书缔造了现代的美国,是改变美国的第一本书
。
——转自豆瓣网
About Thomas Paine
Born: Feb. 09, 1737
Died: Jun. 08, 1809
An English-American political
activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was
born in England as a son of a Quaker. His ideas reflected
Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights. He was also
one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.