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... rather than in deductions drawn from accepted "rules." In Britain, despite an adverse review by his friend Goldsmith in the Monthly Review (May 1757), Burke's pioneering effort brought him considerable immediate recognition.
... rather than in deductions drawn from accepted "rules." In Britain, despite an adverse review by his friend Goldsmith in the Monthly Review (May 1757), Burke's pioneering effort brought him considerable immediate recognition.
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The rule . . . expresses the character of his mind. A thought, an image, a sentiment, and all bearing upon action — it gives us an intimation that the writer who set forth such a canon was a complete nature, no fragment of a man ...
The rule . . . expresses the character of his mind. A thought, an image, a sentiment, and all bearing upon action — it gives us an intimation that the writer who set forth such a canon was a complete nature, no fragment of a man ...
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It is very hard to anticipate the occasion, and to live by a rule more general." To Burke, "no moral questions are ever abstract questions." Prudence was for him not primarily an intellectual but a moral virtue; as such it was a ...
It is very hard to anticipate the occasion, and to live by a rule more general." To Burke, "no moral questions are ever abstract questions." Prudence was for him not primarily an intellectual but a moral virtue; as such it was a ...
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... tyrannical rule of Hastings in Bengal — it became explicit. Professor Hoffman was among the first writers to realize, and the first to say in print, that the foundations of Burke's political philosophy rested upon the Natural Law.
... tyrannical rule of Hastings in Bengal — it became explicit. Professor Hoffman was among the first writers to realize, and the first to say in print, that the foundations of Burke's political philosophy rested upon the Natural Law.
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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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