What were the differences in opinion for John Locke and Thomas Paine?
Thomas Paine, the author of “Common Sense” is a man with an opened mind. By opened mind, I mean that back in 1776, no other person would have thought about common sense. His way of expressing his ideas on paper where very stupefying in that the writings where vary understandable, anyone that was able to read a book could understand what he was talking about. He was very clear and his book was short but to the point. Paine never “sugar coded” any of his writings in “Common Sense”. This historical book enlightened many more people and all types of people. The poor even expressed their own government ideas while talking with their companions, the rich where able to carry out conversations without mentioning money. Many people although enlightened still rebelled or disliked his sayings on how government, for lack of better words, sucked. “Society in ever . . . ” – Thomas Paine, Common Sense, This is a great example of his rebellious ways against the government, and also a great example of
