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They are an example without fault of all the qualities which the critic, whether a theorist or an actor, of great political situations should strive by night and by day to possess." Burke also fought for twenty-nine years against the ...
They are an example without fault of all the qualities which the critic, whether a theorist or an actor, of great political situations should strive by night and by day to possess." Burke also fought for twenty-nine years against the ...
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His remark, "If I cannot reform with equity I will not reform at all," and his statement, "I am not possessed of an exact measure between real service and its reward," provoked Jeremy Bentham to reply: "Except Edmund Burke, ...
His remark, "If I cannot reform with equity I will not reform at all," and his statement, "I am not possessed of an exact measure between real service and its reward," provoked Jeremy Bentham to reply: "Except Edmund Burke, ...
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was not because he had rejected moral absolutes, as Morley assumed, but because for Burke, as for Aristotle, transcendental moral truths possess reality only in so far as they are immanent in human affairs, and self-evident to right ...
was not because he had rejected moral absolutes, as Morley assumed, but because for Burke, as for Aristotle, transcendental moral truths possess reality only in so far as they are immanent in human affairs, and self-evident to right ...
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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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