Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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... human significance . Since the basic facts of Burke's personal and political life have not changed , the original preface , the chronological table of his career and historical events , the detailed accounts on his early life , legal ...
... human significance . Since the basic facts of Burke's personal and political life have not changed , the original preface , the chronological table of his career and historical events , the detailed accounts on his early life , legal ...
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... great lawyers and the law: "The law ... is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning Introduction 7.
... great lawyers and the law: "The law ... is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of learning Introduction 7.
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... order of Europe. In this he saw the inscrutable hand of Divine intervention in human affairs, and in Thoughts on French Affairs (1791), he wrote one of his most memorable passages accepting this fact: "If a great change Introduction 27.
... order of Europe. In this he saw the inscrutable hand of Divine intervention in human affairs, and in Thoughts on French Affairs (1791), he wrote one of his most memorable passages accepting this fact: "If a great change Introduction 27.
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... human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it, the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs will appear ...
... human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it, the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope, will forward it; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs will appear ...
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... human affairs , and self - evident to right reason . The empirical actions of men are judged according to their conformity to or violation of ba- sic ethical norms , as these are embodied in man's civil institutions , or in the ...
... human affairs , and self - evident to right reason . The empirical actions of men are judged according to their conformity to or violation of ba- sic ethical norms , as these are embodied in man's civil institutions , or in the ...
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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