Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine (Januar 29, 1737 – Juin 8, 1809) wis an Inglis-American poleetical activist, filosofer, poleetical theorist, an revolutionary. Ane o the Foondin Faithers o the Unitit States, he authored the twa maist influential pamphlets at the stairt o the American Revolution, an he inspired the rebels in 1776 tae declare unthirldom frae Breetain.[2] After the French Revolution he wis electit tae the French Naitional Assembly in 1792.[3] His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights.[4]
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Born | Thomas Pain[1] Januar 29, 1737[Note 1] Thetford, Norfolk, Great Breetain |
Dee'd | 8 Juin 1809(1809-06-08) (aged 72) New York Ceety, New York, U.S. |
Era | Age o Enlichtenment |
Schuil | Enlichtenment, liberalism, republicanism |
Main interests | Politics, ethics, releegion |
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