Reflections on the Revolution in FranceCosimo, Inc., 1 sty 2008 - 264 Reflections on the Revolution in France is the most famous and popular work of Irish political writer and statesman EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), whose 12-volume set of collected works has long been considered one of the most influential anthologies of political philosophy in the English language. Reflections, included in Volume III of that set, is significant enough to warrant its own separate publication here. Although Burke supported many liberal movements, such as the right of self-rule of the American colonies and of Ireland, he did not support the French Revolution: he believed the uprising was based on faulty notions that did not properly account for the pitfalls of human nature, and this, he predicted, would lead the revolutionaries to disaster. And indeed, the Revolution did lead to the Reign of Terror and eventually Napoleon Bonaparte. Students of history and philosophy will find Burke's arguments as provocative as his contemporaries did. |
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... Paris , who did him the honour of desiring his opinion upon the important transactions , which then , and ever since , have so much occupied the attention of all men . An answer was written some time in the month of October 1789 ; but ...
... Paris , who did him the honour of desiring his opinion upon the important transactions , which then , and ever since , have so much occupied the attention of all men . An answer was written some time in the month of October 1789 ; but ...
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... Paris : but having no gen- eral apostolical mission , being a citizen of a particular state , and being bound up in a considerable degree , by its public will , I should think it , at least improper and irregular , for me to open a ...
... Paris : but having no gen- eral apostolical mission , being a citizen of a particular state , and being bound up in a considerable degree , by its public will , I should think it , at least improper and irregular , for me to open a ...
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... Paris fashion of an improved liberty . The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried ; nor go back to those which they have found mis- chievous on trial . They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their ...
... Paris fashion of an improved liberty . The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried ; nor go back to those which they have found mis- chievous on trial . They look upon the legal hereditary succession of their ...
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... Paris told your king , that in calling the states together , he had nothing to fear but the prodi- gal excess of their zeal in providing for the support of the throne . It is right that these men should hide their heads . It is right ...
... Paris told your king , that in calling the states together , he had nothing to fear but the prodi- gal excess of their zeal in providing for the support of the throne . It is right that these men should hide their heads . It is right ...
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... Paris , for instance ) is composed , cannot be equal to the situation , into which , by the worst of usurpations , an usurpation on the prerogatives of nature , you attempt to force them . The chancellor of France at the opening of the ...
... Paris , for instance ) is composed , cannot be equal to the situation , into which , by the worst of usurpations , an usurpation on the prerogatives of nature , you attempt to force them . The chancellor of France at the opening of the ...
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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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