tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8960581302215995448.post6464682897601082622..comments2017-04-02T15:13:51.355-07:00Comments on Thomas Paine Review: Thomas Paine, utilitarian.Kenneth W. Burchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530469711913663388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8960581302215995448.post-31091241365118865532011-12-29T09:16:26.547-08:002011-12-29T09:16:26.547-08:00Of course he is. The sentence is a mere, gratuitou...Of course he is. The sentence is a mere, gratuitous ad hominem and no doubt precisely the reason that Paine refrained from a reply. That sort of thing was seen as beneath a gentleman ... but obviously not beneath a Christian.Kenneth W. Burchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03530469711913663388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8960581302215995448.post-48751096545670554042011-12-29T08:56:45.598-08:002011-12-29T08:56:45.598-08:00As I'm sure you know, the following sentence i...As I'm sure you know, the following sentence is on page 33 of Boudinot's Age of Revelation. Since you're familiar with early 19th century writing, is Boudinot, in your opinion, attacking Paine's sobriety, integrity, and morals in this passage?<br /><br />THE author of the Age of Reason, in all the pride and obstinacy of infidelity, introduces his objections to the Christian system, by an exhibition of his own creed, both affirmatively and negatively, as if his established character for sobriety, integrity, and exemplary moral conduct, entitled him to the respect and veneration of his fellow-citizens, and the world at large.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8960581302215995448.post-15788984537907704602011-12-28T17:15:00.554-08:002011-12-28T17:15:00.554-08:00Thank you for your question. Paine never published...Thank you for your question. Paine never published a direct reply to Boudinot's 1801 THE AGE OF REVELATION nor, for that matter, to any other individual responses to AGE OF REASON. Some of his later essays for Elihu Palmer's PROSPECT can be seen as collective replies. Boudinot's work is covered, incidentally, in volume 5 of THOMAS PAINE IN AMERICA, 1776-1809 http://www.pickeringchatto.com/major_works/thomas_paine_and_america_1776_1809Kenneth W. Burchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03530469711913663388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8960581302215995448.post-13440567672354213872011-12-28T16:07:05.194-08:002011-12-28T16:07:05.194-08:00Did Paine ever respond to Elias Boudinot's boo...Did Paine ever respond to Elias Boudinot's book The Age of Revelation?<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com