Rights of Man: being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French revolution; [Bound with:] WHITE, Patrick. Rational Freedom: Being a defence of the national character of Britons, and of the form of their government; in opposition to the malapert and seditious writings
by PAINE, Thomas
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Rights of Man (1791), by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
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- Peter Harrington (GB)
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- Title
- Rights of Man:
- Author
- PAINE, Thomas
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- Used
- Place of Publication
- London: [White: Edinburgh] Printed for J. S. Jordan, [Printed for Silvester Doig],
- Date Published
- 1791 & 1792
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