IMO, The spiritual and emotional content of Thomas Paine's writing in Common Sense is what made it successful at kicking off America's first Great Awakening, and keeps it selling copies even today, 247 years later.
O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted 'round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.
I don't understand your point, 289m. All I'm pointing out is that evoking an emotional response in regards ending oppression and creating a more free and compassionate world is important. Emotions are more powerful in waking people up than logic and fact.
The title is a quotation from Paine's Common Sense. I understand your point, but I see "beginning the world over again" differently; to Paine and, I believe, to most patriots of the Revolution, it meant casting off the corruption and tyranny of the old world and creating a nation based on freedom.
I see the Great Awakening as a reboot (and hopefully, in the long run, and improved version) of that. If anything, America is more corrupt and more tyrannical now than English rule of the Colonies was in 1776. As we take our country back, we must be mindful of the weaknesses that allowed our tiny, limited government to become the monster we are now dealing with. I don't mean to "disregard" anything, but to learn from history and improve where we can.
As for heart and mind: yes, balance is key, and modern tech-heavy societies are far from balanced in that regard.