Reflections on the Revolution in FranceCourier Corporation, 29 sie 2012 - 256 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. It provoked an enormous reaction, both supportive and critical, with a flood of pamphlets and books (including Thomas Paine's enduring denunciation, The Rights of Man). Endlessly reprinted and studied by countless scholars and other readers, this is a classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought. Burke ranked among the era's most eloquent defenders of democracy; however, he also realized the dangers of unchecked liberty and that mob rule is in no way better than the reign of a king or dictator. His lucid and passionate manifesto, written in the form of letters, employs examples from the aftermath of the French Revolution to demonstrate the superiority of gradual political change over outright anti-authoritarian revolt. A believer in practicality rather than abstract theorizing, Burke articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that continues to resonate with twenty-first century readers. |
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... body, and bound indissolubly together. A few years after this period, a second opportunity offered for asserting a right of election to the crown. On the prospect of a total failure of issue from King William, and from the Princess ...
... body, and bound indissolubly together. A few years after this period, a second opportunity offered for asserting a right of election to the crown. On the prospect of a total failure of issue from King William, and from the Princess ...
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... body politic . It is far from impossible to reconcile , if we do not suffer our- selves to be entangled in the mazes of metaphysic sophistry , the use both of a fixed rule and an occasional deviation ; the sacred- ness of an hereditary ...
... body politic . It is far from impossible to reconcile , if we do not suffer our- selves to be entangled in the mazes of metaphysic sophistry , the use both of a fixed rule and an occasional deviation ; the sacred- ness of an hereditary ...
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... bodies of our antient sovereigns out of the quiet of their tombs? Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all ... body of our statute law which passed under those whom they treat as usurpers? to annul laws of inestimable value to ...
... bodies of our antient sovereigns out of the quiet of their tombs? Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all ... body of our statute law which passed under those whom they treat as usurpers? to annul laws of inestimable value to ...
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... body, being Protestants.” This limitation was made by parliament, that through the Princess Sophia an inheritable line, not only was to be continued in future but (what they thought very material) that through her it was to be connected ...
... body, being Protestants.” This limitation was made by parliament, that through the Princess Sophia an inheritable line, not only was to be continued in future but (what they thought very material) that through her it was to be connected ...
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... body composed of transitory parts; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a con ...
... body composed of transitory parts; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a con ...
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