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Common Sense
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Common Sense

Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine
1776
Political sciencePolitics and governmentMonarchyEarly works to 1800Society of FriendsPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Meeting for SufferingsPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of FriendsSociety of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly MeetingHistorySociety of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Meeting for SufferingsRadicalismPhilosophy

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.

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