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Burke reacted with instinctive horror against such "metaphysicians" and "refining speculatists." To his friend Richard Shackleton he wrote: "Never look Burgy in the face! . . . The blackguard stuff, the hoard of exploded nonsense, ...
Burke reacted with instinctive horror against such "metaphysicians" and "refining speculatists." To his friend Richard Shackleton he wrote: "Never look Burgy in the face! . . . The blackguard stuff, the hoard of exploded nonsense, ...
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It is in these vital areas that Burke found himself more and more alienated from the French Revolution, and it is in these areas that we are to look for the reasons why he became the greatest single antagonist of the Revolution.
It is in these vital areas that Burke found himself more and more alienated from the French Revolution, and it is in these areas that we are to look for the reasons why he became the greatest single antagonist of the Revolution.
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... not normative; since, as Burke said, "history is a preceptor of prudence, not of principles," to fully understand the basis of his political philosophy it is necessary to look beyond history to his religious and ethical principles.
... not normative; since, as Burke said, "history is a preceptor of prudence, not of principles," to fully understand the basis of his political philosophy it is necessary to look beyond history to his religious and ethical principles.
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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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