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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... course of my public conduct . I think I envy liberty as little as they do , to any other nation . But I cannot stand forward , and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions , and human concerns , on a simple view ...
... course of my public conduct . I think I envy liberty as little as they do , to any other nation . But I cannot stand forward , and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions , and human concerns , on a simple view ...
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... course. The hint given to a noble and reverend lay-divine, who is supposed high in office in one of our universities,2 and to other lay-divines “of rank and literature,” may be proper and seasonable, though somewhat new. If the noble ...
... course. The hint given to a noble and reverend lay-divine, who is supposed high in office in one of our universities,2 and to other lay-divines “of rank and literature,” may be proper and seasonable, though somewhat new. If the noble ...
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... course it pleased for filling the throne; but only free to do so upon the same grounds on which they might have wholly abolished their monarchy, and every other part of their constitu- tion. However they did not think such bold changes ...
... course it pleased for filling the throne; but only free to do so upon the same grounds on which they might have wholly abolished their monarchy, and every other part of their constitu- tion. However they did not think such bold changes ...
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... course, but in all its revolutions. Whoever came in, or however he came in, whether he obtained the crown by law, or by force, the heredi- tary succession was either continued or adopted. The gentlemen of the Society for Revolutions see ...
... course, but in all its revolutions. Whoever came in, or however he came in, whether he obtained the crown by law, or by force, the heredi- tary succession was either continued or adopted. The gentlemen of the Society for Revolutions see ...
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... course or method than that of an hereditary crown, our liberties can be regularly perpetuated and preserved sacred as our hereditary right. An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease ...
... course or method than that of an hereditary crown, our liberties can be regularly perpetuated and preserved sacred as our hereditary right. An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease ...
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