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But before doing this it is necessary to understand in what sense "history is a preceptor of prudence," and why it was that he considered prudence to be "in all things a virtue, in politics the first of virtues." For the past century, ...
But before doing this it is necessary to understand in what sense "history is a preceptor of prudence," and why it was that he considered prudence to be "in all things a virtue, in politics the first of virtues." For the past century, ...
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It was not necessary to appeal to transcendental moral standards in every political conflict; such appeals were reserved for extraordinary violations of the moral law, as in the cases of British misrule in Ireland and India, ...
It was not necessary to appeal to transcendental moral standards in every political conflict; such appeals were reserved for extraordinary violations of the moral law, as in the cases of British misrule in Ireland and India, ...
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Quite the contrary, he always raised each political issue above its empirical circumstances, to the level of constitutional principles, and when necessary, to the level of moral principles. Matthew Arnold's remark that "Burke saturated ...
Quite the contrary, he always raised each political issue above its empirical circumstances, to the level of constitutional principles, and when necessary, to the level of moral principles. Matthew Arnold's remark that "Burke saturated ...
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The ideas of religion and government are closely connected; and whilst we receive government as a thing necessary, or even useful to our wellbeing, we shall in spite of us draw in, as a Early Writings 57.
The ideas of religion and government are closely connected; and whilst we receive government as a thing necessary, or even useful to our wellbeing, we shall in spite of us draw in, as a Early Writings 57.
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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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