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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... nature of the disease is to indicate the remedy to those whom nature has qualified to administer in extremities this critical, ambigu- ous, bitter portion to a distempered state. Times and occasions, and provocations, will teach their ...
... nature of the disease is to indicate the remedy to those whom nature has qualified to administer in extremities this critical, ambigu- ous, bitter portion to a distempered state. Times and occasions, and provocations, will teach their ...
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... nature of the original plant . All the reforma- tions we have hitherto made , have proceeded upon the princi- ple of reference to antiquity ; and I hope , nay I am persuaded , that all those which possibly may be made hereafter , will ...
... nature of the original plant . All the reforma- tions we have hitherto made , have proceeded upon the princi- ple of reference to antiquity ; and I hope , nay I am persuaded , that all those which possibly may be made hereafter , will ...
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... nature, which is wis- dom without reflection, and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look back- ward to their ancestors ...
... nature, which is wis- dom without reflection, and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look back- ward to their ancestors ...
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... nature in our arti- ficial institutions, and by calling in the aid of her unerring and powerful instincts, to fortify the fallible and feeble contrivances of our reason, we have derived several other, and those no small benefits, from ...
... nature in our arti- ficial institutions, and by calling in the aid of her unerring and powerful instincts, to fortify the fallible and feeble contrivances of our reason, we have derived several other, and those no small benefits, from ...
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... natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers, draws out the harmony of the universe. These opposed and conflicting interests, which you considered as so great a blemish in your old and in our ...
... natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers, draws out the harmony of the universe. These opposed and conflicting interests, which you considered as so great a blemish in your old and in our ...
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