Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809), and first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided.
Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood; forgoing the philosophy and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, Paine structured Common Sense like a sermon and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as, “the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era.”
Audio Book Contents:
1 - Introduction
2 - Origin of Government in General
3 - Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
4 - Thoughts on the Present State of America pt. 1
5 - Thoughts on the Present State of America pt. 2
6 - The Present Ability of America
7 - Appendix
Audio Book Music: Performed by Sungod Abscondo.
Audio Book Artwork: Oil Painting by John Trumbull depicting a turning point in the Revolutionary War, sometime after the writing of "Common Sense."
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