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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... nature is disobeyed , and the rebellious are outlawed , cast forth , and exiled , from this world of reason , and order , and peace , and virtue , and fruit- ful penitence , into the antagonist world of madness , discord , vice ...
... nature is disobeyed , and the rebellious are outlawed , cast forth , and exiled , from this world of reason , and order , and peace , and virtue , and fruit- ful penitence , into the antagonist world of madness , discord , vice ...
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... nature of a country life , the very nature of landed property , in all the occupations , and all the pleasures they afford , render combination and arrangement ( the sole way of procuring and exerting influence ) in a manner impossible ...
... nature of a country life , the very nature of landed property , in all the occupations , and all the pleasures they afford , render combination and arrangement ( the sole way of procuring and exerting influence ) in a manner impossible ...
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... nature and character of aristocracy shows itself to us in this law . It is a law against every law of nature , and nature herself calls for its destruction . Establish family justice , and aristocracy falls . By the aristocratical law ...
... nature and character of aristocracy shows itself to us in this law . It is a law against every law of nature , and nature herself calls for its destruction . Establish family justice , and aristocracy falls . By the aristocratical law ...
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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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