Reflections on the Revolution in FranceBurke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror. A scathing attack on the revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, it makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs, argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change - and deplores the influence Burke feared the revolution might have in Britain. Reflections on the Revolution in France is now widely regarded as a classic statement of conservative political thought, and is one of the eighteenth century's great works of political rhetoric. |
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His famous Letter to a Noble Lord (1796) – against the Duke of Bedford, who had opposed the granting of a pension to Burke – is an exercise in irony which impressed Karl Marx, with good reason. Burke's irony is never subtle; ...
His famous Letter to a Noble Lord (1796) – against the Duke of Bedford, who had opposed the granting of a pension to Burke – is an exercise in irony which impressed Karl Marx, with good reason. Burke's irony is never subtle; ...
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And at the same time he rehabilitates religion, and notably – though discreetly and by indirection – that form of religion which throughout the eighteenth century had been most exposed to the remorseless onslaughts of Reason.
And at the same time he rehabilitates religion, and notably – though discreetly and by indirection – that form of religion which throughout the eighteenth century had been most exposed to the remorseless onslaughts of Reason.
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There is no reason at all to doubt the sincerity of Burke's indignation, aroused by the discovery of the existence and character of English sympathy with the French Revolution. This indignation burns quite as brightly in his private ...
There is no reason at all to doubt the sincerity of Burke's indignation, aroused by the discovery of the existence and character of English sympathy with the French Revolution. This indignation burns quite as brightly in his private ...
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'Burke's politics... were grounded on recognition of the universal law of reason and justice ordained by God as the foundation of a good community. In this recognition the Machiavellian schism between politics and morality is closed.
'Burke's politics... were grounded on recognition of the universal law of reason and justice ordained by God as the foundation of a good community. In this recognition the Machiavellian schism between politics and morality is closed.
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Some reasons for this are discussed in Section n of this introduction. It is clear, however, that appropriately expounded, Burke's later writings, beginning with the Reflections, can supply copious and precious material for ...
Some reasons for this are discussed in Section n of this introduction. It is clear, however, that appropriately expounded, Burke's later writings, beginning with the Reflections, can supply copious and precious material for ...
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| Título | Reflections on the Revolution in France Penguin English library |
| Autor | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Conor O'Brien |
| Editor | Penguin UK, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0141907886, 9780141907888 |
| Largo | 416 páginas |
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