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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... wealth and power. This is one of the new principles of equality in France. France, by the perfidy of her leaders, has utterly disgraced the tone of lenient council in the cabinets of princes, and dis- armed it of its most potent topics ...
... wealth and power. This is one of the new principles of equality in France. France, by the perfidy of her leaders, has utterly disgraced the tone of lenient council in the cabinets of princes, and dis- armed it of its most potent topics ...
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... wealth for the more solid substance of land. To these were joined men of other descriptions, from whom as little knowl- edge of or attention to the interests of a great state was to be expected, and as little regard to the stability of ...
... wealth for the more solid substance of land. To these were joined men of other descriptions, from whom as little knowl- edge of or attention to the interests of a great state was to be expected, and as little regard to the stability of ...
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... wealth, in which they could hardly look to have any share, except in a general scramble. Instead of balancing the power of the active chicaners in the other assembly, these curates must necessarily become the active coadjutors, or at ...
... wealth, in which they could hardly look to have any share, except in a general scramble. Instead of balancing the power of the active chicaners in the other assembly, these curates must necessarily become the active coadjutors, or at ...
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... wealth, sanctified their ambition by advancing the dignity of the people whose peace they troubled. They had long views. They aimed at the rule, not at the destruction of their country. They were men of great civil, and great military ...
... wealth, sanctified their ambition by advancing the dignity of the people whose peace they troubled. They had long views. They aimed at the rule, not at the destruction of their country. They were men of great civil, and great military ...
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... wealth , and of the distinction which attends hereditary posses- sion ( as most concerned in it ) are the natural securities for this transmission . With us , the House of Peers is formed upon this principle . It is wholly composed of ...
... wealth , and of the distinction which attends hereditary posses- sion ( as most concerned in it ) are the natural securities for this transmission . With us , the House of Peers is formed upon this principle . It is wholly composed of ...
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