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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... direct tendency of their doctrines, then equivocations and slippery constructions come into play. When they say the king owes his crown to the choice of his people, and is therefore the only lawful sovereign in the world, they will ...
... direct tendency of their doctrines, then equivocations and slippery constructions come into play. When they say the king owes his crown to the choice of his people, and is therefore the only lawful sovereign in the world, they will ...
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... direct line of hereditary succession . The crown was carried somewhat out of the line in which it had before moved ; but the new line was derived from the same stock . It was still a line of hereditary descent ; still an hereditary ...
... direct line of hereditary succession . The crown was carried somewhat out of the line in which it had before moved ; but the new line was derived from the same stock . It was still a line of hereditary descent ; still an hereditary ...
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... direct opposition to one of the wis- est and most beautiful parts of our constitution , that " a king is no more than the first servant of the public , created by it , and responsible to it . " Ill would our ancestors at the Revolution ...
... direct opposition to one of the wis- est and most beautiful parts of our constitution , that " a king is no more than the first servant of the public , created by it , and responsible to it . " Ill would our ancestors at the Revolution ...
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... direct or indirect , is indeed great ; and long may it be able to pre- serve its greatness , and the spirit belonging to true greatness , at the full ; and it will do so , as long as it can keep the breakers of law in India from ...
... direct or indirect , is indeed great ; and long may it be able to pre- serve its greatness , and the spirit belonging to true greatness , at the full ; and it will do so , as long as it can keep the breakers of law in India from ...
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... direct or indirect, to select the man with a view to the duty, or to accommodate the one to the other, I do not hes- itate to say, that the road to eminence and power, from obscure condition, ought not to be made too easy, nor a thing ...
... direct or indirect, to select the man with a view to the duty, or to accommodate the one to the other, I do not hes- itate to say, that the road to eminence and power, from obscure condition, ought not to be made too easy, nor a thing ...
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