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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... body , in which that spirit may reside , and an effectual organ , by which it may act , it is my mis- fortune to entertain great doubts concerning several material points in your late transactions . You imagined , when you wrote last ...
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... bodies , to interfere in the concerns of France ; first assuring you , that I am not , and that I have never been , a ... body of men . Whether the books so charitably circulated , were ever as charitably read , is more than I know ...
... bodies , to interfere in the concerns of France ; first assuring you , that I am not , and that I have never been , a ... body of men . Whether the books so charitably circulated , were ever as charitably read , is more than I know ...
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... body . This is one among the revolutions which have given splendour to obscurity , and distinction to undiscerned merit . Until very lately I do not recollect to have heard of this club . I am quite sure that it never occupied a moment ...
... body . This is one among the revolutions which have given splendour to obscurity , and distinction to undiscerned merit . Until very lately I do not recollect to have heard of this club . I am quite sure that it never occupied a moment ...
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... bodies , is power . Considerate people , before they declare themselves , will observe the use which is made of power ; and particularly of so trying a thing as new power in new persons , of whose principles , tempers , and dispositions ...
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... body of the people of England have no share in it . They utterly disclaim it . They will resist the practical assertion of it with their lives and fortunes . They are bound to do so by the laws of their country , made at the time of ...
... body of the people of England have no share in it . They utterly disclaim it . They will resist the practical assertion of it with their lives and fortunes . They are bound to do so by the laws of their country , made at the time of ...
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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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