Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... concerning the Spanish , French , Portuguese , and English settle- ments in America , it revealed a sympathetic understanding of the problems of the European colonies . It emphasized particularly the blessings of political liberty ...
... concerning the Spanish , French , Portuguese , and English settle- ments in America , it revealed a sympathetic understanding of the problems of the European colonies . It emphasized particularly the blessings of political liberty ...
Page 30
... concerning Burke : " The re- pudiation of natural rights was implicit not only in his utilitarian conviction that the end of government is the happiness and welfare of the people governed , but also in his reliance on experience and in ...
... concerning Burke : " The re- pudiation of natural rights was implicit not only in his utilitarian conviction that the end of government is the happiness and welfare of the people governed , but also in his reliance on experience and in ...
Page 38
... concerning Burke's political philosophy are ( 1 ) What , to Burke , were the basic principles of sound morality ? and ( 2 ) How could moral principles be man's guide in practical politics ? The second question has already been answered ...
... concerning Burke's political philosophy are ( 1 ) What , to Burke , were the basic principles of sound morality ? and ( 2 ) How could moral principles be man's guide in practical politics ? The second question has already been answered ...
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... concerning Burke : Burke made an important contribution to the nineteenth century proposal to replace the system of natural law . . . . In a sense Burke showed pre- cisely . the reaction that was to follow upon Hume's destruction of the ...
... concerning Burke : Burke made an important contribution to the nineteenth century proposal to replace the system of natural law . . . . In a sense Burke showed pre- cisely . the reaction that was to follow upon Hume's destruction of the ...
Page 49
... with equal , perhaps su- perior , force , concerning the necessity of artificial religion ; and every step you advance in your argument , you add a strength to mine . In short , without irony , Burke believed that ". Early Writings 49.
... with equal , perhaps su- perior , force , concerning the necessity of artificial religion ; and every step you advance in your argument , you add a strength to mine . In short , without irony , Burke believed that ". Early Writings 49.
Contents
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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 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
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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