由托马斯·潘恩著的《常识(英文版)/牛津英文经典》收录了潘恩的《常识》和《人的权利》等论政治的精彩篇章，是政治思想史经典著作。《常识》以先知般的洞察力和政治远见，为北美人民分析了争取独立，在新的原则基础上构建政府的必要性和可行性。潘恩高扬共和与民主的旗帜，批判封建等级制和君主政体，以无私热情和务实思想为民众提出了革命纲领，其影响经久不衰，有很强的可读性。

Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His CommonSense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the AmericanRevolution; his Rights of Man (1791-2) was the most famous defence of theFrench Revolution and sent out a clarion call for revolution throughout theworld. This collection brings together Paine's most powerful politicalwritings from the American and French revolutions in the first fullyannotated edition of these works.

《常识(英文版)/牛津英文经典》由托马斯·潘恩著。

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Note on the Texts

Select Bibliography

A Chronology of Thomas Paine

COMMON SENSE

AMERICAN CRISIS I

AMERICAN CRISIS XIII

LETTER TO JEFFERSON

RIGHTS OF MAN

RIGHTS OF MAN Part the Second

LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE

ADDRESSERS ON THE LATE

PROCLAMATION

DISSERTATION ON THE FIRST

PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

AGRARIAN JUSTICE

Explanatory Notes

Index