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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... sure that it 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 ...
... sure that it 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 ...
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... sure , before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a blessing , that they have really received one . Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver ; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings . I should ...
... sure , before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a blessing , that they have really received one . Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver ; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings . I should ...
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... sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were , at a remote period , elective , with more or fewer limitations in the ...
... sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were , at a remote period , elective , with more or fewer limitations in the ...
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... sure inheritance to be scrambled for and torn to pieces by every wild litigious spirit . The same policy pervades all the laws which have since been made for the preservation of our liberties . In the 1st of William and Mary , in the ...
... sure inheritance to be scrambled for and torn to pieces by every wild litigious spirit . The same policy pervades all the laws which have since been made for the preservation of our liberties . In the 1st of William and Mary , in the ...
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... sure principle of conservation , and a sure principle of transmission ; without at all excluding a principle of improvement . It leaves acquisition free ; but it secures what it acquires . Whatever advantages are obtained by a state ...
... sure principle of conservation , and a sure principle of transmission ; without at all excluding a principle of improvement . It leaves acquisition free ; but it secures what it acquires . Whatever advantages are obtained by a state ...
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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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