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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... kingdom and the princi- ples of the glorious Revolution, are held in high reverence: and I reckon myself among the most forward in my zeal for main- taining that constitution and those principles in their utmost purity and vigour. It is ...
... kingdom and the princi- ples of the glorious Revolution, are held in high reverence: and I reckon myself among the most forward in my zeal for main- taining that constitution and those principles in their utmost purity and vigour. It is ...
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... kingdom, will take good care how they are involved with persons who, under the pretext of zeal towards the Revolution and Constitution, too frequently wan- der from their true principles; and are ready on every occasion to depart from ...
... kingdom, will take good care how they are involved with persons who, under the pretext of zeal towards the Revolution and Constitution, too frequently wan- der from their true principles; and are ready on every occasion to depart from ...
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... kingdom, and authorized to speak the sense of some part of it. On account of the ambiguity and uncertainty of unauthorized general descriptions, and of the deceit which may be practised under them, and not from mere formality, the house ...
... kingdom, and authorized to speak the sense of some part of it. On account of the ambiguity and uncertainty of unauthorized general descriptions, and of the deceit which may be practised under them, and not from mere formality, the house ...
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... unison with their designs. That sermon is in a strain which I believe has not been heard in this kingdom, in any of the pulpits which are tolerated or encouraged in it, since the year 1648, when a predecessor 8 Edmund Burke.
... unison with their designs. That sermon is in a strain which I believe has not been heard in this kingdom, in any of the pulpits which are tolerated or encouraged in it, since the year 1648, when a predecessor 8 Edmund Burke.
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... kingdom is so held by his majesty. Therefore if you follow their rule, the king of Great Britain, who most cer- tainly does not owe his high office to any form of popular elec- tion, is in no respect better than the rest of the gang of ...
... kingdom is so held by his majesty. Therefore if you follow their rule, the king of Great Britain, who most cer- tainly does not owe his high office to any form of popular elec- tion, is in no respect better than the rest of the gang of ...
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