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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... clergy ; a mitigated but spirited nobility , to lead your virtue , not to overlay it ; you would have had a liberal order of commons , to emulate and to recruit that nobility ; you would have had a pro- tected , satisfied , laborious ...
... clergy ; a mitigated but spirited nobility , to lead your virtue , not to overlay it ; you would have had a liberal order of commons , to emulate and to recruit that nobility ; you would have had a pro- tected , satisfied , laborious ...
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... clergy . There too it appeared , that full as little regard was had to the general security of property , or to the aptitude of the deputies for the public purposes , in the principles of their elec- tion . That election was so ...
... clergy . There too it appeared , that full as little regard was had to the general security of property , or to the aptitude of the deputies for the public purposes , in the principles of their elec- tion . That election was so ...
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... clergy as I have described , whilst it pursued the destruction of the nobility , would inevitably become sub- servient to the worst designs of individuals in that class . In the spoil and humiliation of their own order these individuals ...
... clergy as I have described , whilst it pursued the destruction of the nobility , would inevitably become sub- servient to the worst designs of individuals in that class . In the spoil and humiliation of their own order these individuals ...
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