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Undoubtedly, Burke's mixed religious background played a key role in determining his whole intellectual, moral, ... up in the Church of England; his sister was brought up as a Catholic, in the religion of his mother and maternal uncles.
Undoubtedly, Burke's mixed religious background played a key role in determining his whole intellectual, moral, ... up in the Church of England; his sister was brought up as a Catholic, in the religion of his mother and maternal uncles.
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This work was an ironical satire on the religious rationalism of Lord Bolingbroke's "natural" religion, applied to society by an assumed antithesis between the "natural" and "artificial" political institutions of man.
This work was an ironical satire on the religious rationalism of Lord Bolingbroke's "natural" religion, applied to society by an assumed antithesis between the "natural" and "artificial" political institutions of man.
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Otherwise, they were in perfect conformity with the common law of England, and with the religion, laws, manners, and customs of basic European institutions. The principles and the fanatical spirit of the French Revolution were precisely ...
Otherwise, they were in perfect conformity with the common law of England, and with the religion, laws, manners, and customs of basic European institutions. The principles and the fanatical spirit of the French Revolution were precisely ...
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The common nature of man is infinitely modified by climate, geography, history, religion, nationality, and race; by institutions, customs, manners, and habits; by all the civil circumstances of time, place, and occasions, ...
The common nature of man is infinitely modified by climate, geography, history, religion, nationality, and race; by institutions, customs, manners, and habits; by all the civil circumstances of time, place, and occasions, ...
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The empirical actions of men are judged according to their conformity to or violation of basic ethical norms, as these are embodied in man's civil institutions, or in the revelations of religion and right reason.
The empirical actions of men are judged according to their conformity to or violation of basic ethical norms, as these are embodied in man's civil institutions, or in the revelations of religion and right reason.
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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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