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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... election can be valid. Do these theorists mean to imitate some of their predecessors, who dragged the bodies of our antient sovereigns out of the quiet of their tombs? Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that ...
... election can be valid. Do these theorists mean to imitate some of their predecessors, who dragged the bodies of our antient sovereigns out of the quiet of their tombs? Do they mean to attaint and disable backwards all the kings that ...
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... election , but by the law , as it stood at their several accessions of Protestant descent and inher- itance , as I hope I have shown sufficiently . The law by which this royal family is specifically destined to the succession , is the ...
... election , but by the law , as it stood at their several accessions of Protestant descent and inher- itance , as I hope I have shown sufficiently . The law by which this royal family is specifically destined to the succession , is the ...
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... election as the only lawful title to the crown , are ready to employ , in order to render the support of the just principles of our constitution a task some- what invidious . These sophisters substitute a fictitious cause , and feigned ...
... election as the only lawful title to the crown , are ready to employ , in order to render the support of the just principles of our constitution a task some- what invidious . These sophisters substitute a fictitious cause , and feigned ...
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... election is the sole lawful source of authority. The old prerogative enthusiasts, it is true, did speculate fool- ishly, and perhaps impiously too, as if monarchy had more of a divine sanction than any other mode of government; and as ...
... election is the sole lawful source of authority. The old prerogative enthusiasts, it is true, did speculate fool- ishly, and perhaps impiously too, as if monarchy had more of a divine sanction than any other mode of government; and as ...
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... election of evil, would appear perfectly unaccountable, if we did not consider the composition of the National Assembly; I do not mean its formal constitution, which, as it now stands, is exceptionable enough, but the mate- rials of ...
... election of evil, would appear perfectly unaccountable, if we did not consider the composition of the National Assembly; I do not mean its formal constitution, which, as it now stands, is exceptionable enough, but the mate- rials of ...
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