Paine, Scripture, and Authority: The Age of Reason as Religious and Political Idea
- ISBN-10
- 0934223297
- ISBN-13
- 9780934223294
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press
- Authors
- William J. Scheick, Edward Hutchins Davidson, J R Millikan Centennial Professor of English and American Literature William J Scheick
Description
His authority is always grounded in the very authority he deposes, with the result that his voice is little more than a theatrical performance that unwittingly re-enacts the rhetorical maneuvers of deposed father figures.
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