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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... sort of public capacity, by a congrat- ulatory address, giving an authoritative sanction to the proceed- ings of the National Assembly in France. In the antient principles and conduct of the club, so far at least as they were declared ...
... sort of public capacity, by a congrat- ulatory address, giving an authoritative sanction to the proceed- ings of the National Assembly in France. In the antient principles and conduct of the club, so far at least as they were declared ...
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... sort of corporate capacity, acknowledged by the laws of this 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 ...
... sort of corporate capacity, acknowledged by the laws of this 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 ...
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... sort of porridge of various political opinions and reflections: but the revolution in France is the grand ingredient in the cauldron. I consider the address trans- mitted by the Revolution Society to the National Assembly, through Earl ...
... sort of porridge of various political opinions and reflections: but the revolution in France is the grand ingredient in the cauldron. I consider the address trans- mitted by the Revolution Society to the National Assembly, through Earl ...
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... sort of bounds in the democratic and levelling principles which are expected from their titled pulpits . The new evangelists will , I dare say , disappoint the hopes that are conceived of them . They will not become , literally as well ...
... sort of bounds in the democratic and levelling principles which are expected from their titled pulpits . The new evangelists will , I dare say , disappoint the hopes that are conceived of them . They will not become , literally as well ...
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... sort of right or title to the allegiance of their people. The policy of this general doctrine, so qualified, is evi- dent enough. The propagators of this political gospel are in hopes their abstract principle (their principle that a ...
... sort of right or title to the allegiance of their people. The policy of this general doctrine, so qualified, is evi- dent enough. The propagators of this political gospel are in hopes their abstract principle (their principle that a ...
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