By Thomas Paine
Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway
1779 - 1792
[Redactor’s Note: Reprinted from the “The Writings of Thomas Paine Volume I” (1894 - 1896). The author’s notes are preceded by a “*”. A Table of Contents has been added for each part for the convenience of the reader which is not included in the printed edition. Notes are at the end of Part II. ]
CONTENTS
RIGHTS OF MAN.
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION.
RIGHTS OF MAN
PAINE’S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
PAINE’S PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION
RIGHTS OF MAN. PART THE FIRST BEING AN ANSWER TO MR. BURKE
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
RIGHTS OF MAN. PART SECOND, COMBINING PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE.
FRENCH TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
PREFACE
RIGHTS OF MAN PART II.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. OF SOCIETY AND CIVILISATION
CHAPTER II. OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PRESENT OLD GOVERNMENTS
CHAPTER III. OF THE OLD AND NEW SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER IV. OF CONSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER V. WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF EUROPE
APPENDIX
THE AUTHOR’S NOTES FOR PART ONE AND PART TWO