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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... object of your national thanks and praises , you will think me excuseable in making its late conduct the subject of my observations . The National Assembly of France has given importance to these gentlemen by adopting them ; and they ...
... object of your national thanks and praises , you will think me excuseable in making its late conduct the subject of my observations . The National Assembly of France has given importance to these gentlemen by adopting them ; and they ...
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... object , under that mode of signature to which you have thrown open the folding - doors of your presence chamber , and have ush- ered into your National Assembly , with as much ceremony and parade , and with as great a bustle of ...
... object , under that mode of signature to which you have thrown open the folding - doors of your presence chamber , and have ush- ered into your National Assembly , with as much ceremony and parade , and with as great a bustle of ...
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... object , as it stands stripped of every relation , in all the nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction . Circumstances ( which with some gentlemen pass for nothing ) give in reality to every political principle its ...
... object , as it stands stripped of every relation , in all the nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction . Circumstances ( which with some gentlemen pass for nothing ) give in reality to every political principle its ...
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... object held up to our imitation . If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances , in others prudence of a higher order may justify us in speaking our thoughts . The beginnings of confusion with us in ...
... object held up to our imitation . If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances , in others prudence of a higher order may justify us in speaking our thoughts . The beginnings of confusion with us in ...
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... objects of choice ; but whatever kings might have been here or elsewhere , a thousand years ago , or in whatever manner the ruling dynasties of England or France may have begun , the king of Great Britain is at this day king by a fixed ...
... objects of choice ; but whatever kings might have been here or elsewhere , a thousand years ago , or in whatever manner the ruling dynasties of England or France may have begun , the king of Great Britain is at this day king by a fixed ...
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