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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... individual and individual ; without which per- sonal equality would be destroyed , and an aristocracy of the rich would be established . But this inconvenience entirely disappears when the proportional relation of the contribution is ...
... individual and individual ; without which per- sonal equality would be destroyed , and an aristocracy of the rich would be established . But this inconvenience entirely disappears when the proportional relation of the contribution is ...
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... individual will be found to pay much more than an individual living in the country according to the same average . The whole paid by the inhabitants of the former will be more than the whole paid by the inhabitants of the latter we may ...
... individual will be found to pay much more than an individual living in the country according to the same average . The whole paid by the inhabitants of the former will be more than the whole paid by the inhabitants of the latter we may ...
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... individual . The death , sickness , absence , or defection of any one individual in a government , ought to be a matter of no more consequence , with respect to the nation , than if the same circumstance had taken place in a member of ...
... individual . The death , sickness , absence , or defection of any one individual in a government , ought to be a matter of no more consequence , with respect to the nation , than if the same circumstance had taken place in a member of ...
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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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