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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... never been , a member of either of those societies . The first , calling itself the Constitutional Society , or Society for Constitutional Information , or by some such title , is , I believe , of seven or eight years standing . The ...
... never been , a member of either of those societies . The first , calling itself the Constitutional Society , or Society for Constitutional Information , or by some such title , is , I believe , of seven or eight years standing . The ...
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... never occupied a moment of thoughts ; nor , I 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 ...
... never occupied a moment of thoughts ; nor , I 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 ...
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... never desire to be thought a bet- ter whig than Lord Somers ; or to understand the principles of the Revolution better than those by whom it was brought about ; or to read in the Declaration of Right any mysteries unknown to those whose ...
... never desire to be thought a bet- ter whig than Lord Somers ; or to understand the principles of the Revolution better than those by whom it was brought about ; or to read in the Declaration of Right any mysteries unknown to those whose ...
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... never tried ; nor go back to those which they have found mis- chievous on trial . They 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 ...
... never tried ; nor go back to those which they have found mis- chievous on trial . They 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 ...
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... never be called to an account for their conduct ; although the Revolution Society chooses to assert , in direct opposition to one of the wis- est and most beautiful parts of our constitution , that “ a king is no more than the first ...
... never be called to an account for their conduct ; although the Revolution Society chooses to assert , in direct opposition to one of the wis- est and most beautiful parts of our constitution , that “ a king is no more than the first ...
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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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