Rights of Man

The Rights of Man ( original title: The Rights of Man ) is a 1791 and 1792, published in two parts pamphlet by Thomas Paine in which he in whose font represented against the 1790 by Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France, to French against the Revolution directing views position refers.

The first part was released in February 1791. In February 1792 was followed by the second part. The work defending the French Revolution and summarized the results of political enlightenment of the 18th century together. Due to the style of writing understandable writing was rezepiert not only by British and French nobleman, philosopher and nonconformist clergy, but also of the general public. In England, Paine went through writing the enmity Pitts, why he in absentia for Seditious libel: was charged and convicted (such as " subversive defamation "). He was supported, however, by the Whig party.

German publication

A first German translation of the first part was published in 1791 was a translator meta Forkel Love Child, one of the Göttingen " Universitätsmamsellen " that the vacillating and supporting because of political censorship in Prussia concerns Publisher Christian Friedrich Voss wrote.:

Voss had objections to the quality of translation and advanced to the work not having to print what the translator recognized and indignantly rejected them:

The mentioned " HR. Forster " was Georg Forster, later an exponent of the Mainz Republic, which then also wrote a preface to Paine's work.

Voss has the second part is no longer installed, but ceded the work of Proft in Copenhagen, where the second part appeared in 1793, along with a collection of political writings Paine as the third part.

Expenditure

• The Rights of Man, Being In answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. 2 parts. London 1791 and 1792
• The rights of the people. First German translation of meta Forkel love child. Vossische bookstore, Berlin 1792 digitized
• The rights of the people. An answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution. 3 parts. Proft, Copenhagen 1793
• Re: The rights of man in the contemporary transmission of DM Forkel. Edited and introduced by Theo Stemmler. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt q.s. 1973, ISBN 3-518-06375-8
• The rights of the people. Edited, translated and introduced by Wolfgang Mönke. 2, durchges. and provided with e Nachw edition Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1983