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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... believe , of seven or eight years standing . The institution of this society appears to be of a charitable , and so far of a laudable , nature : it was intended for the circulation , at the expence of the members , of many books , which ...
... believe , of seven or eight years standing . The institution of this society appears to be of a charitable , and so far of a laudable , nature : it was intended for the circulation , at the expence of the members , of many books , which ...
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... believe , those of any person out of their own set . I find , upon enquiry , that on the anniversary of the Revolution in 1688 , a club of dissenters , but of what denomination I know not , have long had the custom of hearing a sermon ...
... believe , those of any person out of their own set . I find , upon enquiry , that on the anniversary of the Revolution in 1688 , a club of dissenters , but of what denomination I know not , have long had the custom of hearing a sermon ...
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... in exact unison with their designs . That sermon is in a strain which I believe has not been heard in this kingdom , in any of the pulpits which are tolerated or encouraged in it , since the year 1648 , when 8 Edmund Burke.
... in exact unison with their designs . That sermon is in a strain which I believe has not been heard in this kingdom , in any of the pulpits which are tolerated or encouraged in it , since the year 1648 , when 8 Edmund Burke.
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... believe no creature now maintains , " that the crown is held by divine , hereditary , and indefeasible right . " - These old fanatics of single arbitrary power dogmatized as if hereditary royalty was the only lawful government in the ...
... believe no creature now maintains , " that the crown is held by divine , hereditary , and indefeasible right . " - These old fanatics of single arbitrary power dogmatized as if hereditary royalty was the only lawful government in the ...
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... , Sir , of my surprize , when I found that a very great pro- portion of the Assembly ( a majority , I believe , of the members who attended ) was composed of practitioners in the law REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE 39.
... , Sir , of my surprize , when I found that a very great pro- portion of the Assembly ( a majority , I believe , of the members who attended ) was composed of practitioners in the law REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE 39.
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