Common Sense
by Thomas Paine
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Author: Thomas PaineEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-01-27
ISBN: 0977798208
Number of pages: 92
Publisher: Big Fish Publishing Inc
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- ISBN13: 9780977798209
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Book That Changed the World!
Summary: 5 Stars
Common sense was at the right place at the right time, written by the right person. It created an inflection point that changed the world!
Most major changes in life are cause by events called inflection points. An inflection point is an event that changes how you view the world, who you are, or your life in general.
Think 9-11. People in the United States felt safer before that day. After 9-11 we realized our vulnerability to terrorists. There are many inflection points in our history.
Tomas Paine's Common Sense created a major inflection point in history!
In early 1776 Thomas Paine published a 46 page pamphlet called Common Sense. It helped inspire the writing of the Declaration of Independence and motivated a nation to start a revolution.
The book was written for the common man and was estimated to have sold 120,000 copies within three months of publication and 500,000 copies within a year. It is worth noting that this was in the United States when there were only 3 million people--and many couldn't read!
John Adams and others had been arguing for the United States to become an independent nation. The release of Paine's Common Sense was the inflection point that caused the nation to become independent.
Thomas Paine used his Critical Thinking skills to determine that the time was right to inspire the people to take action. He argued convincingly that the young nation had to make a choice for independence now--not later. Paine explained that within fifty years the personal interests of individuals who would acquire status and money by then would resist such a change. And, the colonies would be more established and would resist such a change.
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." ~Thomas Paine
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide to: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
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