The Age of Reason
- Authors
- Paine, Thomas & Moncure Daniel Conway
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Tags
- philosophy , religion , classics , history , politics
- ISBN
- 9780486130996
- Date
- 1794-01-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.37 MB
- Lang
- en
The Age of Reason represents the results of years of study and reflection by Thomas Paine on the place of religion in society.
Paine wrote: "Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity."
The cool rationale of Paine's The Age of Reason influenced religious thinking throughout the world; and its pervasieve influence continues to the present day.