Reflections on the Revolution in FranceAnchor Press/Doubleday, 1973 - 515 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers. |
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... authority of the character under which they first met . They have assumed another of a very different nature ; and have completely altered and inverted all the relations in which they originally stood . They do not hold the authority ...
... authority of the character under which they first met . They have assumed another of a very different nature ; and have completely altered and inverted all the relations in which they originally stood . They do not hold the authority ...
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... authority against authority all the way , till we come to the divine origin of the rights of man , at the Creation . Here our inquiries find a resting - place , and our reason finds a home . If a dispute about the rights of man had ...
... authority against authority all the way , till we come to the divine origin of the rights of man , at the Creation . Here our inquiries find a resting - place , and our reason finds a home . If a dispute about the rights of man had ...
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... authority of future assemblies will be . The authority of the present one is to form a constitution ; the authority of future assemblies will be to legislate according to the prin- ciples and forms prescribed in that constitution ; and ...
... authority of future assemblies will be . The authority of the present one is to form a constitution ; the authority of future assemblies will be to legislate according to the prin- ciples and forms prescribed in that constitution ; and ...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke,Alan Wolfe,Darrin M. McMahon,Conor Cruise O'Brien,Jack N. Rakove Podgląd niedostępny - 2003 |
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