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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He retired in 1794 and received a pension from the ministry. CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN is Emeritus Professor of the University of Dublin. Born in 1917, he gained his BA and Ph.D. degrees from Trinity College, Dublin, and entered the ...
He retired in 1794 and received a pension from the ministry. CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN is Emeritus Professor of the University of Dublin. Born in 1917, he gained his BA and Ph.D. degrees from Trinity College, Dublin, and entered the ...
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I never intended it should be otherwise...'‡ On receiving the published Reflections Francis is still more severe, in a half-playful manner which Burke must have found even more offensive than a plain condemnation: 'I.
I never intended it should be otherwise...'‡ On receiving the published Reflections Francis is still more severe, in a half-playful manner which Burke must have found even more offensive than a plain condemnation: 'I.
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In a letter received while this edition was in proof, Prof. Thomas Copeland wrote, about Burke's father: 'Almost nothing is certain about him. Even his conforming in 1722. Some Richard Burke conformed then and it may have been he.
In a letter received while this edition was in proof, Prof. Thomas Copeland wrote, about Burke's father: 'Almost nothing is certain about him. Even his conforming in 1722. Some Richard Burke conformed then and it may have been he.
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... and indeed when he sat down to write, having intended it for a private letter, he found it difficult to change the form of address, when his sentiments had grown into a greater extent, and had received another direction.
... and indeed when he sat down to write, having intended it for a private letter, he found it difficult to change the form of address, when his sentiments had grown into a greater extent, and had received another direction.
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You imagined, when you wrote last, that I might possibly be reckoned among the approvers of certain proceedings in France, from the solemn public seal of sanction they have received from two clubs of gentlemen in London, ...
You imagined, when you wrote last, that I might possibly be reckoned among the approvers of certain proceedings in France, from the solemn public seal of sanction they have received from two clubs of gentlemen in London, ...
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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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