This work shares its name with a Scottish school of philosophy whose members included Thomas Reid and Adam Ferguson. An "Epistle to the Quakers" was appended to later editions of this work. It says that the ancient Jews angered God by wanting a king, but He let them have one. This work later argues that monarchy could come from election, usurpation, or random selection, and that hereditary selection is illegitimate in any case. Beginning with a section that finds monarchical and aristocratic tyranny in the English constitution, this work lambastes the absurdity of an island ruling a continent.
This work shares its name with a Scottish school of philosophy whose members included Thomas Reid and Adam Ferguson. An "Epistle to the Quakers" was appended to later editions of this work. It says that the ancient Jews angered God by wanting a king, but He let them have one. This work later argues that monarchy could come from election, usurpation, or random selection, and that hereditary selection is illegitimate in any case. Beginning with a section that finds monarchical and aristocratic tyranny in the English constitution, this work lambastes the absurdity of an island ruling a continent. For 10 points, name this revolutionary pamphlet by Thomas Paine.
This work shares its name with a Scottish school of philosophy whose members included Thomas Reid and Adam Ferguson.
Common Sense