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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... possessed it before , the English nation did at that time most solemnly renounce and abdicate it , for themselves and for all their posterity for ever . These gentlemen may value themselves as much as they please on their whig ...
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... possessed in some parts the walls , and in all the foundations of a noble and venerable castle . You might have repaired those walls ; you might have built on those old foundations . Your constitution was suspended before it was ...
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... possessed in France its just estimation . Its professors therefore must have the qualities of men not habituated to sentiments of dignity . But supposing they had ranked as they ought to do , and as with us they do actually , the sides ...
... possessed in France its just estimation . Its professors therefore must have the qualities of men not habituated to sentiments of dignity . But supposing they had ranked as they ought to do , and as with us they do actually , the sides ...
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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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