Book Review Thomas Paine's "Common Sense".

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'Our style and manner of thinking have undergone a revolution. We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears; and we think with other thoughts, than those we formerly used.' (Paine, 1906: 105)

Once Thomas Paine set foot on the American colonies, he saw people that were on the verge of a riot against England, ready to seek independence and fight for their civil liberties. He believed that all 'who had been long settled had something to defend, those who had just come in had something to pursue' (Paine, 1976: 25). For that reason he spoke his heart through his words in 'Common Sense' and many believe that this was the turning point for a huge part of the rebels that were unsure whether to seek reconciliation or a new shore, a distant and unknown costal line that seemed as impossible to them as the English men saw it: the upside down of the world.

The first chapter of the pamphlet examines the origin and end of government reaching to the conclusion that it is in fact a natural outcome of a developing society. In other words, it is reckoned that government is rather 'intolerable', but 'necessary