The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine
The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine
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The Age of Reason

Author: Thomas Paine

Narrator: Gary Middleton

Unabridged: 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/13/2024


Synopsis

Explore the revolutionary ideas of the Enlightenment with The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, narrated by Gary Middleton. This seminal work challenges traditional religious beliefs and advocates for reason, logic, and free thought as the foundations of understanding. Paine’s incisive critique of organized religion and his bold defense of deism offer a timeless exploration of faith, skepticism, and intellectual inquiry.Gary Middleton’s compelling narration brings Paine’s powerful arguments to life, making this audiobook an essential listen for those interested in philosophy, history, and critical thinking. Whether revisiting this classic or discovering it for the first time, The Age of Reason offers a profound and inspiring journey into the ideals of the Enlightenment.Provocative, insightful, and deeply influential, this audiobook celebrates the enduring power of reason and the quest for knowledge, encouraging listeners to question and seek truth in all aspects of life.

About Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an author, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A participant in both the American and French Revolutions and in the governments that first arose from them, Paine is best remembered as the highly popular pamphleteer whose incendiary Common Sense was largely responsible for motivating the American colonists to declare independence. His other notable contributions are Rights of Man, The Age of Reason, Agrarian Justice, and The American Crisis, a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Parmida R. A. on March 27, 2024

The Age of Reason is a very insightful book by Thomas Paine, one of the most influential figure in American history. It is clear for me that Paine was deist. He was very passionate about God that he could not stand some sinister things related to Him in Holy books. After all, how can Almighty be so......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on December 18, 2017

Whenever I have thought of 'the founding fathers' I have to admit, Thomas Paine would have been at the bottom of the list. Now that I have read 'The Age of Reason', I esteem this great man more than ever. I admire him, not only for all he did for our country and his writings, but for having the cour......more

Goodreads review by Skyler on October 29, 2014

"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the Word of God. It is a history of wickednes......more