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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... tion. I shall still keep your affairs in my eye, and continue to address myself to you. Indulging myself in the freedom of epis- tolary intercourse, I beg leave to throw out my thoughts, and express my feelings, just as they arise in my ...
... tion. I shall still keep your affairs in my eye, and continue to address myself to you. Indulging myself in the freedom of epis- tolary intercourse, I beg leave to throw out my thoughts, and express my feelings, just as they arise in my ...
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... tion of a man much connected with literary caballers, and intriguing philosophers; with political theologians, and theolog- ical politicians, both at home and abroad. I know they set him up as a sort of oracle; because, with the best ...
... tion of a man much connected with literary caballers, and intriguing philosophers; with political theologians, and theolog- ical politicians, both at home and abroad. I know they set him up as a sort of oracle; because, with the best ...
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... tion, is in no respect better than the rest of the gang of usurpers, who reign, or rather rob, all over the face of this our miserable world, without any sort of right or title to the allegiance of their people. The policy of this ...
... tion, is in no respect better than the rest of the gang of usurpers, who reign, or rather rob, all over the face of this our miserable world, without any sort of right or title to the allegiance of their people. The policy of this ...
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... tion. However they did not think such bold changes within their commission. It is indeed difficult, perhaps impossible, to give limits to the mere abstract competence of the supreme power, such as was exercised by parliament at that ...
... tion. However they did not think such bold changes within their commission. It is indeed difficult, perhaps impossible, to give limits to the mere abstract competence of the supreme power, such as was exercised by parliament at that ...
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... tion of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people, and by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the king- dom, hath ...
... tion of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people, and by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the king- dom, hath ...
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