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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... mind, with very little attention to formal method. I set out with the proceedings of the Revolution Society; but I shall not confine myself to them. Is it possible I should? It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis, not of the ...
... mind, with very little attention to formal method. I set out with the proceedings of the Revolution Society; but I shall not confine myself to them. Is it possible I should? It looks to me as if I were in a great crisis, not of the ...
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... minds . A few years ago I should be ashamed to overload a matter , so capable of supporting itself , by the then unnecessary support of any argument ; but this seditious , unconstitutional doctrine is now publicly taught , avowed , and ...
... minds . A few years ago I should be ashamed to overload a matter , so capable of supporting itself , by the then unnecessary support of any argument ; but this seditious , unconstitutional doctrine is now publicly taught , avowed , and ...
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... minds. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end, and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. It is not a single act, or a sin- gle event, which determines it. Governments must be ...
... minds. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end, and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. It is not a single act, or a sin- gle event, which determines it. Governments must be ...
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... minds of all our lawyers and legislators , and of all the people whom they wish to influence , have been always filled ; and the stationary policy of this kingdom in considering their most. 8 See Blackstone's Magna Charta , printed at ...
... minds of all our lawyers and legislators , and of all the people whom they wish to influence , have been always filled ; and the stationary policy of this kingdom in considering their most. 8 See Blackstone's Magna Charta , printed at ...
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... mind in every nation. You would have shamed despotism from the earth, by showing that free- dom was not only reconcilable, but as, when well disciplined it is, auxiliary to law. You would have had an unoppressive but a productive ...
... mind in every nation. You would have shamed despotism from the earth, by showing that free- dom was not only reconcilable, but as, when well disciplined it is, auxiliary to law. You would have had an unoppressive but a productive ...
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