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He offered Burke political patronage in exchange for an informal personal arrangement which included duties as his private secretary and political assistant. The financial terms of their arrangement are unknown, although several years ...
He offered Burke political patronage in exchange for an informal personal arrangement which included duties as his private secretary and political assistant. The financial terms of their arrangement are unknown, although several years ...
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... to his praise of "prejudice" and duty as against abstract reason and "rights," and to his conception of man as a civil or political animal, who finds his self-fulfillment in the gradually unfolding corporate life of his nation.
... to his praise of "prejudice" and duty as against abstract reason and "rights," and to his conception of man as a civil or political animal, who finds his self-fulfillment in the gradually unfolding corporate life of his nation.
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Since "the situation of man is the preceptor of his duty," prudence tells us when we should "abate our demands in favor of moderation and justice, and tenderness to individuals." Prudence is not intellectual calculation, but the moral ...
Since "the situation of man is the preceptor of his duty," prudence tells us when we should "abate our demands in favor of moderation and justice, and tenderness to individuals." Prudence is not intellectual calculation, but the moral ...
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For this reason he attacked Bolingbroke's rationalism, and argued seriously that the civil world of man would be destroyed "if the practice of all moral duties, and the foundations of society, rested upon having their reasons made clear ...
For this reason he attacked Bolingbroke's rationalism, and argued seriously that the civil world of man would be destroyed "if the practice of all moral duties, and the foundations of society, rested upon having their reasons made clear ...
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Even in matters which are, as it were, just within our reach, what would become of the world, if the practice of all moral duties, and the foundations of society, rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to ...
Even in matters which are, as it were, just within our reach, what would become of the world, if the practice of all moral duties, and the foundations of society, rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to ...
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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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