Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man

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Religious persecution

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

Rights of Man

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Activist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man. London: J. S. Jordan, 1791.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.