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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... political principle its distinguishing colour , and discriminating effect , The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind . Abstractedly speak- ing , government , as well as liberty ...
... political principle its distinguishing colour , and discriminating effect , The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind . Abstractedly speak- ing , government , as well as liberty ...
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... political opinions and reflections : but the revolution in France is the grand ingredient in the caul- dron . I ... political theologians , and theological politicians , both at home and abroad . I know they set him up as a sort of ...
... political opinions and reflections : but the revolution in France is the grand ingredient in the caul- dron . I ... political theologians , and theological politicians , both at home and abroad . I know they set him up as a sort of ...
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... political principle , any further than as they may forward or retard their design of change : they therefore take up , one day , the most violent and stretched prerogative , and another time the wildest demo- cratic ideas of freedom ...
... political principle , any further than as they may forward or retard their design of change : they therefore take up , one day , the most violent and stretched prerogative , and another time the wildest demo- cratic ideas of freedom ...
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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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