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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... be , from their personal abilities , from their knowledge , their experience , or their lead and authority in this state . To me , who am but a plain man , the proceeding looks a little too refined , and too ingenious ; it 4 Edmund Burke.
... be , from their personal abilities , from their knowledge , their experience , or their lead and authority in this state . To me , who am but a plain man , the proceeding looks a little too refined , and too ingenious ; it 4 Edmund Burke.
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... looks to me as if I were in a great crisis , not of the affairs of France alone , but of all Europe , perhaps of more than Europe . All circumstances taken together , the French Revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto hap ...
... looks to me as if I were in a great crisis , not of the affairs of France alone , but of all Europe , perhaps of more than Europe . All circumstances taken together , the French Revolution is the most astonishing that has hitherto hap ...
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... look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights , not as among their wrongs ; as a benefit , not as a grievance ; as a security for their liberty , not as a badge of servitude . They look on the frame of ...
... look upon the legal hereditary succession of their crown as among their rights , not as among their wrongs ; as a benefit , not as a grievance ; as a security for their liberty , not as a badge of servitude . They look on the frame of ...
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... look for both in our histories , in our records , in our acts of parliament , and journals of parliament , and not in the sermons of the Old Jewry , and the after - dinner toasts of the Revolution Society . — In the former you will find ...
... look for both in our histories , in our records , in our acts of parliament , and journals of parliament , and not in the sermons of the Old Jewry , and the after - dinner toasts of the Revolution Society . — In the former you will find ...
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... look forward to posterity , who never look back- ward to their ancestors . Besides , the people of England well know , that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation , and a sure principle of transmission ...
... look forward to posterity , who never look back- ward to their ancestors . Besides , the people of England well know , that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation , and a sure principle of transmission ...
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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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