The Age of Reason

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I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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Monotheism Moral obligations

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The Age of Reason

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Pamphlet

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Religious literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Profession of faith

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears. It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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The Church

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The Age of Reason

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

It is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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Intellectual integrity

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The Age of Reason

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

Any system of religion that has any thing in it that shocks the mind of a child cannot be a true system.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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Religion

Author

Thomas Paine

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The Age of Reason

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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The sublime

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Thomas Paine

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The Age of Reason

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Pamphlet

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Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1795 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part 2. London: H.D. Symonds, 1795.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Part the Second. Being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology (1795)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.