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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... Constitutional Society, and the Revolution Society. I certainly have the honour to belong to more clubs than one, in which ... constitution and those principles in their utmost purity and vigour. It is because I do so, that I think it ...
... Constitutional Society, and the Revolution Society. I certainly have the honour to belong to more clubs than one, in which ... constitution and those principles in their utmost purity and vigour. It is because I do so, that I think it ...
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Edmund Burke. the Revolution Society; when their fellows in the Constitutional were, in equity, entitled to some share ... constitution of any foreign nation, had been the subject of a formal proceeding at their festivals; until, to my ...
Edmund Burke. the Revolution Society; when their fellows in the Constitutional were, in equity, entitled to some share ... constitution of any foreign nation, had been the subject of a formal proceeding at their festivals; until, to my ...
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... constitution to be settled, for its future polity, became more clear. We are now in a condition to discern, with tolerable exactness, the true nature of the object held up to our imitation. If the prudence of reserve and decorum ...
... constitution to be settled, for its future polity, became more clear. We are now in a condition to discern, with tolerable exactness, the true nature of the object held up to our imitation. If the prudence of reserve and decorum ...
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... constitution in its vital parts. He tells the Revolution Society in this political sermon, that his majesty “is almost the only lawful king in the world, because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people.” As to the ...
... constitution in its vital parts. He tells the Revolution Society in this political sermon, that his majesty “is almost the only lawful king in the world, because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people.” As to the ...
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... constitution, as reinforced, explained, improved, and in its fundamental principles for ever settled. It is called “An act for declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and for settling the succession of the crown.” You will ...
... constitution, as reinforced, explained, improved, and in its fundamental principles for ever settled. It is called “An act for declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and for settling the succession of the crown.” You will ...
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