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The Writings of Thomas Paine

by Thomas Paine

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  1. 1Subjects
  2. 2Common Sense — Introduction
  3. 3Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Rem…
  4. 4Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
  5. 5Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
  6. 6Of the Present Ability of America, With Some Miscellaneous Reflexions
  7. 7Appendix
  8. 8On Common Sense
  9. 9The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume I. Collected and Edited by Mo…
  10. 10The American Crisis Editor’s Preface
  11. 11The Crisis
  12. 12The Crisis II. to Lord Howe
  13. 13The Crisis III. (in the Progress of Politics)
  14. 14The Crisis IV. (Those Who Expect to Reap the Blessings of Freedom)
  15. 15The Crisis. V. to Gen. Sir William Howe
  16. 16The Crisis VI. (to the Earl of Carlisle and General Clinton)
  17. 17The Crisis VII. to the People of England
  18. 18The Crisis VIII. Address to the People of England
  19. 19The Crisis IX. (Had America Pursued Her Advantages)
  20. 20The Crisis X. on the King of England’s Speech
  21. 21The Crisis. XI. on the Present State of News
  22. 22The Crisis. XII. to the Earl of Shelburne
  23. 23The Crisis. XIII. Thoughts on the Peace, and Probable Advantages
  24. 24A Supernumerary Crisis: To the People of America
  25. 25By Thomas Paine Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway 1779…
  26. 26XIII | Rights of Man
  27. 27Rights of Man
  28. 28Paine’s Preface to the English Edition
  29. 29Paine’s Preface to the French Edition
  30. 30Rights of Man. Part the First Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack…
  31. 31Observations on the Declaration of Rights
  32. 32Rights of Man. Part Second, Combining Principle and Practice by Tho…
  33. 33Preface
  34. 34Part II
  35. 35Chapter I — Of Society and Civilisation
  36. 36Chapter II — Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments
  37. 37Chapter III — Of the Old and New Systems of Government
  38. 38Chapter IV — Of Constitutions
  39. 39Chapter V — Ways and Means of Improving the Condition of Europe
  40. 40Appendix
  41. 41The Author’s Notes for Part One and Part Two
  42. 42Volume III — Introduction to the Third Volume. With Historical Note…
  43. 43I — The Republican Proclamation
  44. 44II — To the Authors of “Le Ripublicain.”(1)
  45. 45III — To the Abbi Sihyes
  46. 46IV — To the Attorney General
  47. 47V — To Mr. Secretary Dundas
  48. 48VI — Letters to Onslow Cranley
  49. 49VII — To the Sheriff of the County of Sussex
  50. 50VIII — To Mr. Secretary Dundas
  51. 51IX — Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation
  52. 52X — Address to the People of France
  53. 53XI — Anti-Monarchal Essay. For the Use of New Republicans
  54. 54XII — To the Attorney General, on the Prosecution Against the Secon…
  55. 55XIII — On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI. to Trial
  56. 56XIV — Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet
  57. 57XV — Shall Louis XVI. Have Respite?
  58. 58XVI — Declaration of Rights
  59. 59XVII — Private Letters to Jefferson
  60. 60XVIII — Letter to Danton
  61. 61XIX — A Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe (1)
  62. 62XX — Appeal to the Convention
  63. 63XXI — The Memorial to Monroe
  64. 64XXII — Letter to George Washington
  65. 65XXIII — Observations
  66. 66XXIV — Dissertation on First Principles of Government. (1)
  67. 67XXV — The Constitution of 1795
  68. 68XXVI — The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance
  69. 69XXVII — Forgetfulness
  70. 70XXVIII — Agrarian Justice
  71. 71XXIX — The Eighteenth Fructidor
  72. 72XXX — The Recall of Monroe. (1)
  73. 73XXXI — Private Letter to President Jefferson
  74. 74XXXII — Proposal That Louisiana Be Purchased
  75. 75XXXIII — Thomas Paine to the Citizens of the United States
  76. 76XXXIV — To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana
  77. 77The Age of Reason - Part I and II by Thomas Paine Collected and Edi…
  78. 78The Age of Reason — Editor’s Introduction With Some Results of Rece…
  79. 79Chapter I — The Author’s Profession of Faith
  80. 80Chapter II — Of Missions and Revelations
  81. 81Chapter III — Concerning the Character of Jesus Christ, and His His…
  82. 82Chapter IV — Of the Bases of Christianity
  83. 83Chapter V — Examination in Detail of the Preceding Bases
  84. 84Chapter VI — Of the True Theology
  85. 85Chapter VII — Examination of the Old Testament
  86. 86Chapter VIII — Of the New Testament
  87. 87Chapter IX — In What the True Revelation Consists
  88. 88Chapter X — Concerning God, and the Lights Cast on His Existence
  89. 89Chapter XI — Of the Theology of the Christians; and the True Theology
  90. 90Chapter XII — The Effects of Christianism on Education; Proposed
  91. 91Chapter XIII — Comparison of Christianism With the Religious Ideas
  92. 92Chapter XIV — System of the Universe
  93. 93Chapter XV — Advantages of the Existence of Many Worlds in Each Solar
  94. 94Chapter XVI — Application of the Preceding to the System of The
  95. 95Chapter XVII — Of the Means Employed in All Time, and Almost
  96. 96Part II
  97. 97Chapter I — The Old Testament
  98. 98Chapter II — The New Testament
  99. 99Chapter III — Conclusion

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