Reflections on the Revolution in FranceCourier Corporation, 29 sie 2012 - 256 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. It provoked an enormous reaction, both supportive and critical, with a flood of pamphlets and books (including Thomas Paine's enduring denunciation, The Rights of Man). Endlessly reprinted and studied by countless scholars and other readers, this is a classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought. Burke ranked among the era's most eloquent defenders of democracy; however, he also realized the dangers of unchecked liberty and that mob rule is in no way better than the reign of a king or dictator. His lucid and passionate manifesto, written in the form of letters, employs examples from the aftermath of the French Revolution to demonstrate the superiority of gradual political change over outright anti-authoritarian revolt. A believer in practicality rather than abstract theorizing, Burke articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that continues to resonate with twenty-first century readers. |
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... appears to be of a charitable, and so far of a laudable, nature: it was intended for the circulation, at the expence of the members, of many books, which few others would be at the expence of buying; and which might lie on the hands of ...
... appears to be of a charitable, and so far of a laudable, nature: it was intended for the circulation, at the expence of the members, of many books, which few others would be at the expence of buying; and which might lie on the hands of ...
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... appear as the act of persons in some sort of corporate capacity, acknowledged by the laws of this kingdom, and authorized to speak the sense of some part of it. On account of the ambiguity and uncertainty of unauthorized general ...
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... appear the most stirring in the scene may possibly not be the real movers. All these considerations however were below the transcen- dental dignity of the Revolution Society. Whilst I continued in the country, from whence I had the ...
... appear the most stirring in the scene may possibly not be the real movers. All these considerations however were below the transcen- dental dignity of the Revolution Society. Whilst I continued in the country, from whence I had the ...
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... appear to be in the right ; perhaps not always : but if the lawyers mistake in some par- ticulars , it proves my position still the more strongly ; because it demonstrates the powerful prepossession towards antiquity , with which the ...
... appear to be in the right ; perhaps not always : but if the lawyers mistake in some par- ticulars , it proves my position still the more strongly ; because it demonstrates the powerful prepossession towards antiquity , with which the ...
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... appears to me to be the result of profound reflec- tion; or rather the happy effect of following nature, which is wis- dom without reflection, and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined ...
... appears to me to be the result of profound reflec- tion; or rather the happy effect of following nature, which is wis- dom without reflection, and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined ...
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