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... continued to influence men throughout history long after the partisan causes which triumphed over him were buried in the graveyard of dead politics. But before considering Burke's living political philosophy it will be worthwhile ...
... continued to influence men throughout history long after the partisan causes which triumphed over him were buried in the graveyard of dead politics. But before considering Burke's living political philosophy it will be worthwhile ...
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But the issue of Burke and the French Revolution is not to be settled by considering the condition of France in 1789. As he noted in the Reflections, when the Revolution began practically all men were of one mind that the existing order ...
But the issue of Burke and the French Revolution is not to be settled by considering the condition of France in 1789. As he noted in the Reflections, when the Revolution began practically all men were of one mind that the existing order ...
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If we consider only Burke's immediate practical intention — to warn his countrymen and Europeans who cherished a Christian and Natural Law conception of ...
If we consider only Burke's immediate practical intention — to warn his countrymen and Europeans who cherished a Christian and Natural Law conception of ...
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Considering the complexity of his thought, the large number of political and historical issues in which he was involved, and the changing patterns of philosophical belief among his scholars, it is not surprising that at various times ...
Considering the complexity of his thought, the large number of political and historical issues in which he was involved, and the changing patterns of philosophical belief among his scholars, it is not surprising that at various times ...
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They have made much of his strict regard for "circumstances," and have praised his "expediency" and "prudence," and his appeals to consider the practical consequences of following a given political policy to its logical but fatal ...
They have made much of his strict regard for "circumstances," and have praised his "expediency" and "prudence," and his appeals to consider the practical consequences of following a given political policy to its logical but fatal ...
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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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