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u/[deleted] · 12 pointsr/atheism

In related news, Thomas Paine is something of a hero to Christopher Hitchens. Hitch did a book about Paine's "Rights of Man" a while back. Amazon link. As well as another on Jefferson.

u/JustinPA · 2 pointsr/atheism

Holy crap... I bought the book for $2.95 (new and from Amazon) last fall.

You can see here that it was less than $4 for months last year. Wow.

I'd suggest anybody wait for it to drop below ten bucks before grabbing it, the price fluctuates quite a bit.

u/es-335 · 2 pointsr/history

I loooves me some Paine! Him and Jefferson are the two most interesting U.S. historical figures to me.

If you possess some understanding of society in the U.S. at the time of Paine, go with Eric Foner's book. It's not necessarily a direct biography, but more of a detailing as to how Paine was regarded during and shortly after his life, and how his ideas fit in with society then.

There's Nelson's book which is excellent, and certainly more a detailing of the man's life and thoughts.

Then you have Hitchens's bio of Paine, which is relatively brief to the other two, but Hitchens is one of my favourite authors and he always packs quite the punch-per-sentence ratio. This one leans far more toward how Paine's legacy has been tremendously impactful on thought, politics and political philosophy in the U.S. particularly but sadly overlooked in recognition thereof.

There are more and it's up to you of course, but if I had to choose one to begin with it would be Nelson's.

u/Jamska · 2 pointsr/IAmA
u/whiskeyisneat · 0 pointsr/AskReddit

Thomas Paine's last words are pretty cool. From Thomas Paine's Rights of Man:

"Dying in ulcerated agony, he was imposed upon by two Presbyterian ministers who pushed past his housekeeper and urged him to avoid damnation by accepting Jesus Christ. 'Let me have non of your Popish stuff. Get Away with you, good morning, good morning.' The same demand was made of him as his eyes were closing. 'Do you wish to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God?' He answered quite distinctly: 'I have no wish to believe on that subject." Thus he expired with his reason..."