mr. thomas paine’s rights of man
ok first of all let me just admit that i really dropped the ball this week haha. i was about to dig into paine but then got the various emails about the wollstonecraft reading and panicked and thought that we … Continue reading → Continue reading →
The Right of a Rant
This week we’re reading RIghts Of Man by Thomas Paine, and I’m finding this book very hard to get through. Firstly, it is very historically based, and history is not my strongest subject. I’m knowledgable in a few key parts … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Rights of Man
I found Thomas Paine’s book “Rights of Man” a little hard to get through – there were some interesting moments but I felt like I had to sift through pages of criticism of Burke to find them. I have studied the French Revolution in great depth but I didn’t know there was such a response […] Continue reading →
Geneva
I’m not done reading Rights of Man yet but here’s what I have so far. I’m appreciating all the one-liners (page references are according to the Adelaide ebook). “What Athens was in miniature America will be in magnitude.” (140) “Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.” (99) “…as there is […] Continue reading →
Geneva
I’m not done reading Rights of Man yet but here’s what I have so far. I’m appreciating all the one-liners (page references are according to the Adelaide ebook). “What Athens was in miniature America will be in magnitude.” (140) “Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.” (99) “…as there is […] Continue reading →
the Pain of Paine
Yo, So here comes yet another post about how I didn’t comprehend the reading and how I feel like a complete idiot and reject. I will admit this right now. The first few chapters of the book are complete write … Continue reading → Continue reading →