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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... common judgment , or the least degree of information , speak a word in praise of the greater part of the publications circulated by that society ; nor have their proceed- ings been accounted , except by some of themselves , as of any ...
... common judgment , or the least degree of information , speak a word in praise of the greater part of the publications circulated by that society ; nor have their proceed- ings been accounted , except by some of themselves , as of any ...
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... common sense , ten years ago , have felic- itated France on her enjoyment of a government ( for she then had a government ) without enquiry what the nature of that gov- ernment was , or how it was administered ? Can I now congrat- ulate ...
... common sense , ten years ago , have felic- itated France on her enjoyment of a government ( for she then had a government ) without enquiry what the nature of that gov- ernment was , or how it was administered ? Can I now congrat- ulate ...
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... common with all gov- ernments , so far as opinion is security , is taken away . Thus these politicians proceed , whilst little notice is taken of their doctrines ; but when they come to be examined upon the plain meaning of their words ...
... common with all gov- ernments , so far as opinion is security , is taken away . Thus these politicians proceed , whilst little notice is taken of their doctrines ; but when they come to be examined upon the plain meaning of their words ...
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... common law ; in the new by the statute law , operating on the principles of the common law , not changing the substance , but regulating the mode , and describing the persons . Both these descriptions of law are of the same force , and ...
... common law ; in the new by the statute law , operating on the principles of the common law , not changing the substance , but regulating the mode , and describing the persons . Both these descriptions of law are of the same force , and ...
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... common with them to dispute as if they were in a conflict with some of those exploded fanatics of slavery , who for- merly maintained , what I believe no creature now maintains , " that the crown is held by divine , hereditary , and ...
... common with them to dispute as if they were in a conflict with some of those exploded fanatics of slavery , who for- merly maintained , what I believe no creature now maintains , " that the crown is held by divine , hereditary , and ...
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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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