Reflections on the Revolution in FranceDigiCat, 2022 M05 29 - 253 páginas Edmund Burke's 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' is a seminal work of political philosophy that offers a scathing critique of the French Revolution and its revolutionary ideals. Written in a persuasive and eloquent style, Burke analyzes the events unfolding in France with a keen insight into human nature and society. His conservative views on tradition, hierarchy, and gradual reform shine through in this thought-provoking piece, which continues to be studied and debated by scholars to this day. Set against the backdrop of the Enlightenment era, Burke's work stands as a stark warning against the dangers of radical social upheaval. The book's impact on subsequent political thought cannot be understated, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the history of ideas. |
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... opinion upon the important transactions which then, and ever since, have so much occupied the attention of all men. An answer was written some time in the month of October 1789, but it was kept back upon prudential considerations. That ...
... opinion upon the important transactions which then, and ever since, have so much occupied the attention of all men. An answer was written some time in the month of October 1789, but it was kept back upon prudential considerations. That ...
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... opinion that I do of this poor charitable club. As a nation, you reserved the whole stock of your eloquent acknowledgments for the Revolution Society, when their fellows in the Constitutional were, in equity, entitled to some share ...
... opinion that I do of this poor charitable club. As a nation, you reserved the whole stock of your eloquent acknowledgments for the Revolution Society, when their fellows in the Constitutional were, in equity, entitled to some share ...
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... opinion, to have been annexed to their instrument. The world would then have the means of knowing how many they are; who they are; and of what value their opinions may be, from their personal abilities, from their knowledge, their ...
... opinion, to have been annexed to their instrument. The world would then have the means of knowing how many they are; who they are; and of what value their opinions may be, from their personal abilities, from their knowledge, their ...
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... opinions and reflections; but the Revolution in France is the grand ingredient in the cauldron. I consider the address transmitted by the Revolution Society to the National Assembly, through Earl Stanhope, as originating in the ...
... opinions and reflections; but the Revolution in France is the grand ingredient in the cauldron. I consider the address transmitted by the Revolution Society to the National Assembly, through Earl Stanhope, as originating in the ...
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... opinions, but of any opinions. It is not for the diffusion of truth, but for the spreading of contradiction. Let the noble teachers but dissent, it is no matter from whom or from what. This great point once secured, it is taken for ...
... opinions, but of any opinions. It is not for the diffusion of truth, but for the spreading of contradiction. Let the noble teachers but dissent, it is no matter from whom or from what. This great point once secured, it is taken for ...
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