Odéon in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Thomas Paine
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 2025
1. Thomas Paine Marker
1737 - 1809
Anglais de naissance
Américain d'adoption
Français par décret
a vécu dans cet immeuble de 1797 à 1802. Il mit sa passion de la liberté au service de la Révolution française, fut député à la Convention et écrivit Les Droits de l'Homme.
"Lorsque les opinions sont libres, la force de la vérité finit toujours par l'emporter"
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) - English by birth, American by adoption, French by decree
Lived in this building from 1797 to 1802. He put his passion for liberty to the service of the French Revolution, was a deputy to the Convention, and wrote Rights of Man.
"When opinions are free, the force of truth always prevails."
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights. A significant historical date for this entry is June 8, 1809.
Location. 48° 51.062′ N, 2° 20.317′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Odéon. It is on Rue de l'Odéon, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Rue de l'Odéon, Paris, Île-de-France
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Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ulysses (a few steps from this marker); Maria Garcia Malibran (within shouting distance of this marker); Victor Rastello (within shouting distance of this marker); Albert Bayet (within shouting distance of this marker); André Ady (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Le Café Voltaire (about 90 meters away); John Paul Jones (about 120 meters away); Gabriel Pierné (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
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1. Thomas Paine (Wikipedia). Overview:
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, and political philosopher. He authored Common Sense(Submitted on April 16, 2025.)(1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he helped to inspire the colonial era patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of human rights.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 20252. Thomas Paine Marker - wide view
Paine was born in Thetford, Norfolk, and immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every American Patriot read his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense, which catalyzed the call for independence from Great Britain. The American Crisis was a pro-independence pamphlet series. Paine lived in France for most of the 1790s, becoming deeply involved in the French Revolution. While in England, he wrote Rights of Man (1791), in part a defense of the French Revolution against its critics, particularly the Anglo-Irish conservative writer Edmund Burke. His authorship of the tract led to a trial and conviction in absentia in England in 1792 for the crime of seditious libel.
2. Rights of Man (Wikipedia). Overview:
Rights(Submitted on April 16, 2025.)of Man is a book by Thomas Paine first published in 1791, including 31 articles, positing that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people. Using these points as a base, it defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 20253. Thomas Paine Marker - wider view
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Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 16, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
