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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Edmund Burke. coat of prejudice , and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice , with its reason , has a motive to give action to that reason , and an affection which will give it permanence . Prejudice is of ready ...
Edmund Burke. coat of prejudice , and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice , with its reason , has a motive to give action to that reason , and an affection which will give it permanence . Prejudice is of ready ...
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... Reason and Ignorance . As the exercise of government requires talents and abilities , and as talents and abilities cannot have hereditary descent , it is evident that hereditary succession requires a belief from man , to which his reason ...
... Reason and Ignorance . As the exercise of government requires talents and abilities , and as talents and abilities cannot have hereditary descent , it is evident that hereditary succession requires a belief from man , to which his reason ...
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... reason and common interest . Where these can have the op- portunity of acting , opposition dies with fear , or crumbles away by conviction . It is a great standing which they have now universally obtained ; and we may hereafter hope to ...
... reason and common interest . Where these can have the op- portunity of acting , opposition dies with fear , or crumbles away by conviction . It is a great standing which they have now universally obtained ; and we may hereafter hope to ...
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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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