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... I considered essential, I have not abstracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical context. Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and temper than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. I Preface.
... I considered essential, I have not abstracted Burke's political ideas out of their concrete historical context. Nothing could be more foreign to Burke's character and temper than to treat his thought in an abstract manner. I Preface.
Page xii
... ideas and principles, and for his skill in combining principles with the concrete historical circumstances and occasions that called forth his reflections on man as a political animal. By any reasonable judgment, Burke has to be ...
... ideas and principles, and for his skill in combining principles with the concrete historical circumstances and occasions that called forth his reflections on man as a political animal. By any reasonable judgment, Burke has to be ...
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... ideas; the second was his most frequently quoted modern authority on the law of nations. Burke also knew the work of the famous Jansenist jurist, Jean Domat, whose Civil Laws in Their Natural Order established him, according to Burke's ...
... ideas; the second was his most frequently quoted modern authority on the law of nations. Burke also knew the work of the famous Jansenist jurist, Jean Domat, whose Civil Laws in Their Natural Order established him, according to Burke's ...
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... Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. Burke's study was the earliest attempt to examine the psychological basis of art, originating in the variety of sensory observations rather than in deductions drawn from accepted "rules." In Britain ...
... Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. Burke's study was the earliest attempt to examine the psychological basis of art, originating in the variety of sensory observations rather than in deductions drawn from accepted "rules." In Britain ...
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... ideas and temper, so that it is clear the Annual Register remained a valuable literary asset for Burke's political and party interests. During the first year of work on the Annual Register, 1758—59, Burke also worked on his "Essay ...
... ideas and temper, so that it is clear the Annual Register remained a valuable literary asset for Burke's political and party interests. During the first year of work on the Annual Register, 1758—59, Burke also worked on his "Essay ...
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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