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... in America to a high level, so that in November 1757 a second edition was published, and before the end of the American Revolution seven editions had appeared. Although the book was weak in factual details concerning the Spanish, ...
... in America to a high level, so that in November 1757 a second edition was published, and before the end of the American Revolution seven editions had appeared. Although the book was weak in factual details concerning the Spanish, ...
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But before summarizing his active political career it is important briefly to note several points, often overlooked, concerning the relationship between Burke's literary career and his new life in party politics.
But before summarizing his active political career it is important briefly to note several points, often overlooked, concerning the relationship between Burke's literary career and his new life in party politics.
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Two years later, Henry V. S. Ogden, in a Ph.D. thesis, extended this common conviction concerning Burke: "The repudiation of natural rights was implicit not only in his utilitarian conviction that the end of government is the happiness ...
Two years later, Henry V. S. Ogden, in a Ph.D. thesis, extended this common conviction concerning Burke: "The repudiation of natural rights was implicit not only in his utilitarian conviction that the end of government is the happiness ...
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The two most important questions to be answered concerning Burke's political philosophy are (1) What, to Burke, were the basic principles of sound morality? and (2) How could moral principles be man's guide in practical politics?
The two most important questions to be answered concerning Burke's political philosophy are (1) What, to Burke, were the basic principles of sound morality? and (2) How could moral principles be man's guide in practical politics?
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Following his secondary sources, George Sabine, an outstanding authority in the history of political theory, in A History of Political Theory refined upon these long-prevailing convictions concerning Burke: Burke made an important ...
Following his secondary sources, George Sabine, an outstanding authority in the history of political theory, in A History of Political Theory refined upon these long-prevailing convictions concerning Burke: Burke made an important ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
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 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
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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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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