Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... circumstances surrounding the historical occasion that prompted Burke to write or speak . But , as Matthew Arnold said , " Burke saturated politics with thought , " so that we read him for his reflective wisdom in combining ...
... circumstances surrounding the historical occasion that prompted Burke to write or speak . But , as Matthew Arnold said , " Burke saturated politics with thought , " so that we read him for his reflective wisdom in combining ...
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... circumstances , " " expediency , " and " prudence " made " the standard of convenience , " rather than ap- peals to absolute ethical principles , the ultimate foundation of his politics . The path charted by Morley's interpretation of ...
... circumstances , " " expediency , " and " prudence " made " the standard of convenience , " rather than ap- peals to absolute ethical principles , the ultimate foundation of his politics . The path charted by Morley's interpretation of ...
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... circumstances , " and have praised his " expediency " and " prudence , " and his appeals to consider the prac- tical consequences of following a given political policy to its logical but fatal conclusion . All these elements in his ...
... circumstances , " and have praised his " expediency " and " prudence , " and his appeals to consider the prac- tical consequences of following a given political policy to its logical but fatal conclusion . All these elements in his ...
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... circumstances , and that his strict regard for circumstances is merely a matter of empirical observation and rational analysis , and wholly disconnected from any legal or ethical principles . Professor Weaver interprets Burke's ...
... circumstances , and that his strict regard for circumstances is merely a matter of empirical observation and rational analysis , and wholly disconnected from any legal or ethical principles . Professor Weaver interprets Burke's ...
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... circumstances are infinitely varied , in contingent matters and details there can be no general laws . Although ... circumstances . The common nature of man is infinitely modified by climate , geography , history , religion , nationality ...
... circumstances are infinitely varied , in contingent matters and details there can be no general laws . Although ... circumstances . The common nature of man is infinitely modified by climate , geography , history , religion , nationality ...
Contents
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An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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