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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... body, in which that spirit may reside, and an effectual organ, by which it may act, it is my mis- fortune to entertain great doubts concerning several material points in your late transactions. You imagined, when you wrote last, that I ...
... body, in which that spirit may reside, and an effectual organ, by which it may act, it is my mis- fortune to entertain great doubts concerning several material points in your late transactions. You imagined, when you wrote last, that I ...
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... bodies, to interfere in the concerns of France; first assuring you, that I am not, and that I have never been, a ... body of men. Whether the books so charitably circulated, were ever as charitably read, is more than I know. Possibly ...
... bodies, to interfere in the concerns of France; first assuring you, that I am not, and that I have never been, a ... body of men. Whether the books so charitably circulated, were ever as charitably read, is more than I know. Possibly ...
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... body. This is one among the revolutions which have given splendour to obscurity, and distinction to undiscerned merit. Until very lately I do not recollect to have heard of this club. I am quite sure that it never occupied a moment of ...
... body. This is one among the revolutions which have given splendour to obscurity, and distinction to undiscerned merit. Until very lately I do not recollect to have heard of this club. I am quite sure that it never occupied a moment of ...
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... bodies, is power. Considerate people, before they declare themselves, will observe the use which is made of power; and particularly of so trying a thing as new power in new persons, of whose principles, tempers, and dispositions, they ...
... bodies, is power. Considerate people, before they declare themselves, will observe the use which is made of power; and particularly of so trying a thing as new power in new persons, of whose principles, tempers, and dispositions, they ...
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... body of the people of England have no share in it . They utterly disclaim it . They will resist the practical assertion of it with their lives and fortunes . They are bound to do so by the laws of their country , made at the time of ...
... body of the people of England have no share in it . They utterly disclaim it . They will resist the practical assertion of it with their lives and fortunes . They are bound to do so by the laws of their country , made at the time of ...
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