The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)
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The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)
| Full title | The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Paine |
| Published | 1794 |
| Pages | 155 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Paine’s deist attack on revealed religion and on the Bible as a text — the book that cost him most of the goodwill Common Sense had earned him. |
The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine)
Where I heard about it
- @romanhelmetguy — in a post on X (December 2025) alongside his reading rule: “Half the books you read must be from before WW2.”
Connections
- Thomas Paine — the author.
- Enlightenment — the movement.
- Religion — the subject.
- Ideological Family Tree — where this sits on the tree.
- The Age of Reason — the concept page that owns the short form of this title — the Enlightenment as a period.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.