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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... estate specially belonging to the people of this king- dom without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right. By this means our constitution preserves a unity in so great a diversity of its parts. We have an ...
... estate specially belonging to the people of this king- dom without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right. By this means our constitution preserves a unity in so great a diversity of its parts. We have an ...
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... Estate composed of six hundred persons . They persons . They were equal in number to the represen- tatives of both the other orders . If the orders were to act sepa- rately , the number would not , beyond the consideration of the ...
... Estate composed of six hundred persons . They persons . They were equal in number to the represen- tatives of both the other orders . If the orders were to act sepa- rately , the number would not , beyond the consideration of the ...
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... estate as it stood in its original frame , I took a view of the representatives of the clergy . There too it appeared , that full as little regard was had to the general security of property , or to the aptitude of the deputies for the ...
... estate as it stood in its original frame , I took a view of the representatives of the clergy . There too it appeared , that full as little regard was had to the general security of property , or to the aptitude of the deputies for the ...
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... Estate, in conjunction with such a deputation from the clergy as I have described, whilst it pursued the destruction of the nobility, would inevitably become sub- servient to the worst designs of individuals in that class. In the spoil ...
... Estate, in conjunction with such a deputation from the clergy as I have described, whilst it pursued the destruction of the nobility, would inevitably become sub- servient to the worst designs of individuals in that class. In the spoil ...
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