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. ends , is to be only wrought by social means . There mind must conspire with mind . Time is required to produce that union of minds which alone can produce all the good we aim at . Our patience will atchieve more than our ...
Edmund Burke. ends , is to be only wrought by social means . There mind must conspire with mind . Time is required to produce that union of minds which alone can produce all the good we aim at . Our patience will atchieve more than our ...
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... mind in its exertions ; and they diffuse occasional gaiety over the severe brow of moral freedom . Every politician ought to sacrifice to the graces ; and to join compliance with reason . But in such an undertaking as that in France ...
... mind in its exertions ; and they diffuse occasional gaiety over the severe brow of moral freedom . Every politician ought to sacrifice to the graces ; and to join compliance with reason . But in such an undertaking as that in France ...
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... mind of the nation had changed beforehand , and the new order of things had naturally followed the new order of thoughts . I will here , as concisely as I can , trace out the growth of the French Revolution , and mark the circum ...
... mind of the nation had changed beforehand , and the new order of things had naturally followed the new order of thoughts . I will here , as concisely as I can , trace out the growth of the French Revolution , and mark the circum ...
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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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