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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... considerable degree, by its public will, I should think it, at least improper and irregular, for me to open a formal public correspondence with the actual government of a foreign nation, without the express authority of the government ...
... considerable degree, by its public will, I should think it, at least improper and irregular, for me to open a formal public correspondence with the actual government of a foreign nation, without the express authority of the government ...
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... design of connecting the affairs of France with those of England, by drawing us into an imitation of the conduct of the National Assembly, gave me a considerable degree of uneasiness. The effect of that conduct upon 6 Edmund Burke.
... design of connecting the affairs of France with those of England, by drawing us into an imitation of the conduct of the National Assembly, gave me a considerable degree of uneasiness. The effect of that conduct upon 6 Edmund Burke.
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Edmund Burke. considerable degree of uneasiness. The effect of that conduct upon the power, credit, prosperity, and tranquility of France, became every day more evident. The form of constitution to be settled, for its future polity ...
Edmund Burke. considerable degree of uneasiness. The effect of that conduct upon the power, credit, prosperity, and tranquility of France, became every day more evident. The form of constitution to be settled, for its future polity ...
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... considerable degree, follow. They must conform their propositions to the taste, talent, and disposition of those whom they wish to con- duct: therefore, if an Assembly is viciously or feebly composed in a very great part of it, nothing ...
... considerable degree, follow. They must conform their propositions to the taste, talent, and disposition of those whom they wish to con- duct: therefore, if an Assembly is viciously or feebly composed in a very great part of it, nothing ...
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... considerable , in that military kingdom , no part of the of the pro- fession had been much regarded , except the highest of all , who often united to their professional offices great family splendour , and were invested with great power ...
... considerable , in that military kingdom , no part of the of the pro- fession had been much regarded , except the highest of all , who often united to their professional offices great family splendour , and were invested with great power ...
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