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... consideration to ob- serve and sum up all the madness of this kind I have fallen into , this two years past . First , I was greatly taken with natural philosophy ; which , while I should have given my mind to logic , employed me ...
... consideration to ob- serve and sum up all the madness of this kind I have fallen into , this two years past . First , I was greatly taken with natural philosophy ; which , while I should have given my mind to logic , employed me ...
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... considerations . Ever since Henry Buckle published The History of Civilization in England ( 1857—61 ) , it has been universally assumed by utilitarian . and positivist writers , and by some Christian humanists , that Burke's political ...
... considerations . Ever since Henry Buckle published The History of Civilization in England ( 1857—61 ) , it has been universally assumed by utilitarian . and positivist writers , and by some Christian humanists , that Burke's political ...
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... own ideas and temperament . Thus , both liberals and conser- vatives have praised or condemned Burke for insufficient reasons , on a consideration of those parts of his political philosophy. 32 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... own ideas and temperament . Thus , both liberals and conser- vatives have praised or condemned Burke for insufficient reasons , on a consideration of those parts of his political philosophy. 32 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
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Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. on a consideration of those parts of his political philosophy which fitted or failed to fit into their own thought . Since history is descriptive , not normative ; since ...
Selected Writings and Speeches Edmund Burke Peter James Stanlis. on a consideration of those parts of his political philosophy which fitted or failed to fit into their own thought . Since history is descriptive , not normative ; since ...
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... consideration of a state of nature . Burke's analogical method supplies the key to an understanding of his satire . In attacking Bolingbroke's deism , he made use of the method used by Bishop Joseph Butler in The Analogy of Religion ...
... consideration of a state of nature . Burke's analogical method supplies the key to an understanding of his satire . In attacking Bolingbroke's deism , he made use of the method used by Bishop Joseph Butler in The Analogy of Religion ...
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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