LES LEÇONS DE RÉPUBLICANISME DE THOMAS PAINE (1802-1807). (French)

The article presents an analysis of the political production of English intellectual and revolutionary Thomas Paine during the last years of his life in North America, between 1802 and 1807. Particular focus is given to the views of Paine on the question of republicanism in the United States. Topics include the theme of factions and parties in a Republic, the question of the perfectibility of the Republican regime and the constitutional mechanisms linked to it, and the notion of the forms that the founding revolutionary moment should have in the maintaining of the Republican virtue.