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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... appear as the act of persons in some sort of corporate capacity , acknowledged by the laws of this kingdom , and authorized to speak the sense of some part of it . On account of the ambiguity and uncertainty of unauthorized general ...
... appear as the act of persons in some sort of corporate capacity , acknowledged by the laws of this kingdom , and authorized to speak the sense of some part of it . On account of the ambiguity and uncertainty of unauthorized general ...
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... appear perfectly unaccountable , if we did not consider the composition of the National Assembly ; I do not mean its formal constitution , which , as it now stands , is exceptionable enough , but the materials of which in a great ...
... appear perfectly unaccountable , if we did not consider the composition of the National Assembly ; I do not mean its formal constitution , which , as it now stands , is exceptionable enough , but the materials of which in a great ...
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... appears as if the tide of mental faculties flowed as far as it could in certain channels , and then forsook its course ... appear in revolutions . This cannot take place in the insipid state of hereditary government , not only because it ...
... appears as if the tide of mental faculties flowed as far as it could in certain channels , and then forsook its course ... appear in revolutions . This cannot take place in the insipid state of hereditary government , not only because it ...
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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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