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But, as Matthew Arnold said, "Burke saturated politics with thought," so that we read him for his reflective wisdom in combining philosophical principles and historical circumstances and facts. We read Burke not merely for his ...
But, as Matthew Arnold said, "Burke saturated politics with thought," so that we read him for his reflective wisdom in combining philosophical principles and historical circumstances and facts. We read Burke not merely for his ...
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... based on the principle of the division of power within and between Church and State, and aimed at establishing the ... in his Tract on the Popery Laws Burke had set forth the cardinal philosophical principles of his conception of ...
... based on the principle of the division of power within and between Church and State, and aimed at establishing the ... in his Tract on the Popery Laws Burke had set forth the cardinal philosophical principles of his conception of ...
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When Coleridge finally came to understand him he stated that Burke's principles always remained the same. ... and it is impossible to find a single principle either asserted or implied in the speeches on the American revolution which ...
When Coleridge finally came to understand him he stated that Burke's principles always remained the same. ... and it is impossible to find a single principle either asserted or implied in the speeches on the American revolution which ...
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... toward the French Revolution is that although undoubtedly his political principles were the same as ever, he did not know enough about the specific economic and social evils existing in France to apply his principles validly.
... toward the French Revolution is that although undoubtedly his political principles were the same as ever, he did not know enough about the specific economic and social evils existing in France to apply his principles validly.
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The principles and the fanatical spirit of the French Revolution were precisely the things Burke had always feared and opposed. The Revolution, he noted in the Reflections, involved primarily "a revolution in sentiments, manners, ...
The principles and the fanatical spirit of the French Revolution were precisely the things Burke had always feared and opposed. The Revolution, he noted in the Reflections, involved primarily "a revolution in sentiments, manners, ...
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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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