The dualism is not primarily as to the stuff of the world, but as to causal laws. The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell In other words, monism is as unsatisfactory to reason as dualism.
The Life of Thomas Paine. Early in his life, there was little to suggest that Thomas Paine would become one of the most influential writers of the 18th century. He was born in England on January 29, 1737 and dropped out of school by the time he was 12.
Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration, wrote to his friend and signer of the Constitution John Dickinson that Paineâs Age of Reason was âabsurd and impiousâ; 4 Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration, described Paineâs work as âblasphemous writings against the Christian religionâ; 5 John Witherspoon said that Paine was âignorant of human ...