Reflections on the Revolution in FranceCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 264 páginas Reflections on the Revolution in France is the most famous and popular work of Irish political writer and statesman EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), whose 12-volume set of collected works has long been considered one of the most influential anthologies of political philosophy in the English language. Reflections, included in Volume III of that set, is significant enough to warrant its own separate publication here. Although Burke supported many liberal movements, such as the right of self-rule of the American colonies and of Ireland, he did not support the French Revolution: he believed the uprising was based on faulty notions that did not properly account for the pitfalls of human nature, and this, he predicted, would lead the revolutionaries to disaster. And indeed, the Revolution did lead to the Reign of Terror and eventually Napoleon Bonaparte. Students of history and philosophy will find Burke's arguments as provocative as his contemporaries did. |
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... minister of eminence , preached at the dissenting meeting - house of the Old Jewry , to his club or soci- ety , a very extraordinary miscellaneous sermon , in which there are some good moral and religious sentiments , and not ill ...
... minister of eminence , preached at the dissenting meeting - house of the Old Jewry , to his club or soci- ety , a very extraordinary miscellaneous sermon , in which there are some good moral and religious sentiments , and not ill ...
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... ministers of state . By the statute of the 1st of King William , sess . 2d , called " the act for declaring the rights and liberties of the subject , and for settling the succes- sion to the crown , " they enacted , that the ministers ...
... ministers of state . By the statute of the 1st of King William , sess . 2d , called " the act for declaring the rights and liberties of the subject , and for settling the succes- sion to the crown , " they enacted , that the ministers ...
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... ministers of municipal litigation , the fomentors and conductors of the petty war of village vexation . From the moment I read the list I saw distinctly , and very nearly as it has happened , all that was to follow . The degree of ...
... ministers of municipal litigation , the fomentors and conductors of the petty war of village vexation . From the moment I read the list I saw distinctly , and very nearly as it has happened , all that was to follow . The degree of ...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke,Alan Wolfe,Darrin M. McMahon,Conor Cruise O'Brien,Jack N. Rakove Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
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