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Aristotle's political thought also left a permanent positive effect on him. In 1746, as a junior, he commented upon his college education in a letter to his friend, Richard Shackleton (the son of Abraham Shackleton): All my studies have ...
Aristotle's political thought also left a permanent positive effect on him. In 1746, as a junior, he commented upon his college education in a letter to his friend, Richard Shackleton (the son of Abraham Shackleton): All my studies have ...
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Burke summarized his impressions of the strange and powerful effect the Revolution had produced on the imaginations of men; he found it "a vast, tremendous, unformed spectre" which "subdued the fortitude of man," and went "straight ...
Burke summarized his impressions of the strange and powerful effect the Revolution had produced on the imaginations of men; he found it "a vast, tremendous, unformed spectre" which "subdued the fortitude of man," and went "straight ...
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So remarkable was the immediate effect of the Reflections that it became the focal point for all private and public discussions of the Revolution. Wilberforce, the ardent advocate of emancipation for slaves, praised Burke as the man who ...
So remarkable was the immediate effect of the Reflections that it became the focal point for all private and public discussions of the Revolution. Wilberforce, the ardent advocate of emancipation for slaves, praised Burke as the man who ...
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"The progressive sagacity that keeps company with times and occasions," Burke wrote, "and decides upon things in their existing position, is that alone which can give true propriety, grace, and effect to a man's conduct.
"The progressive sagacity that keeps company with times and occasions," Burke wrote, "and decides upon things in their existing position, is that alone which can give true propriety, grace, and effect to a man's conduct.
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... he noted that such "pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature." In 1757, when Burke published a second edition of his ...
... he noted that such "pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature." In 1757, when Burke published a second edition of his ...
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Contents
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| 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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