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To his great despair he was to learn better. But as an undergraduate he was blissfully unaware of the war he was to wage with the Cartesian rationalism of the "Enlightenment," which dominated eighteenth-century politics.
To his great despair he was to learn better. But as an undergraduate he was blissfully unaware of the war he was to wage with the Cartesian rationalism of the "Enlightenment," which dominated eighteenth-century politics.
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He is a sensible man, but has not worn off his au- thorism yet— and thinks there is nothing so charming as writers and to be one— he will know better one of these days." In short, at age thirty-two, after a decade in England, ...
He is a sensible man, but has not worn off his au- thorism yet— and thinks there is nothing so charming as writers and to be one— he will know better one of these days." In short, at age thirty-two, after a decade in England, ...
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We may acquire a much better idea of it from viewing it in as great a variety of lights as the subject will bear." The same principle in handling a subject, by combining all the various ways it can be considered, is also found in ...
We may acquire a much better idea of it from viewing it in as great a variety of lights as the subject will bear." The same principle in handling a subject, by combining all the various ways it can be considered, is also found in ...
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His satire merely proved that he understood and could present the arguments of his philosophical opponents better than they could themselves, and that he rejected totally any serious consideration of a state of nature.
His satire merely proved that he understood and could present the arguments of his philosophical opponents better than they could themselves, and that he rejected totally any serious consideration of a state of nature.
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Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man, by proving him no better than a beast? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue, by denying that vice and virtue are distinguished by good or ill fortune here, or by happiness or misery ...
Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man, by proving him no better than a beast? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue, by denying that vice and virtue are distinguished by good or ill fortune here, or by happiness or misery ...
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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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