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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... wishes as it is unsupported by any appearance of authority . The very idea of the fabrication of a new govern- ment , is enough to fill us with disgust and horror . We wished at the period of the Revolution , and do now wish , to derive ...
... wishes as it is unsupported by any appearance of authority . The very idea of the fabrication of a new govern- ment , is enough to fill us with disgust and horror . We wished at the period of the Revolution , and do now wish , to derive ...
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... disposition of those whom they wish to con- duct: therefore, if an Assembly is viciously or feebly composed in a very great part of it, nothing but such a supreme degree of virtue as very rarely appears in the world , and 38 Edmund Burke.
... disposition of those whom they wish to con- duct: therefore, if an Assembly is viciously or feebly composed in a very great part of it, nothing but such a supreme degree of virtue as very rarely appears in the world , and 38 Edmund Burke.
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... wish to confine power, authority, and distinction to blood, and names, and titles. No, Sir. There is no qualification for government, but virtue and wis- dom, actual or presumptive. Wherever they are actually found, they have, in ...
... wish to confine power, authority, and distinction to blood, and names, and titles. No, Sir. There is no qualification for government, but virtue and wis- dom, actual or presumptive. Wherever they are actually found, they have, in ...
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