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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... spirit of rational liberty, and that I think you bound, in all hon- est policy, to provide a permanent body, in which that spirit may reside, and an effectual organ, by which it may act, it is my mis- fortune to entertain great doubts ...
... spirit of rational liberty, and that I think you bound, in all hon- est policy, to provide a permanent body, in which that spirit may reside, and an effectual organ, by which it may act, it is my mis- fortune to entertain great doubts ...
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... spirit which produced the one, and which presides in the other. Before I proceed to answer the more material particulars in your letter, I shall beg leave to give you such information as I have been able to obtain of the two clubs which ...
... spirit which produced the one, and which presides in the other. Before I proceed to answer the more material particulars in your letter, I shall beg leave to give you such information as I have been able to obtain of the two clubs which ...
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... spirit of liberty in action , I see a strong prin- ciple at work ; and this , for a while , is all I can possibly know of it . The wild gas , the fixed air is plainly broke loose : but we ought to suspend our judgment until the first ...
... spirit of liberty in action , I see a strong prin- ciple at work ; and this , for a while , is all I can possibly know of it . The wild gas , the fixed air is plainly broke loose : but we ought to suspend our judgment until the first ...
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... spirit of moderation than this lecture in the Old Jewry. Supposing, how- ever, that something like moderation were visible in this politi- cal sermon; yet politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to ...
... spirit of moderation than this lecture in the Old Jewry. Supposing, how- ever, that something like moderation were visible in this politi- cal sermon; yet politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to ...
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... spirit of that immortal law. It is true that, aided with the powers derived from force and opportunity, the nation was at that time, in some sense, free to take what course it pleased for filling the throne; but only free to do so upon ...
... spirit of that immortal law. It is true that, aided with the powers derived from force and opportunity, the nation was at that time, in some sense, free to take what course it pleased for filling the throne; but only free to do so upon ...
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