Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and SpeechesTransaction Publishers - 585 pages |
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Page 25
... called it " a revolution of doc- trine and theoretical dogma . " In a letter to his son , written in November 1792 , Burke called the Revolution " an event which has nothing to match it , or in the least to resemble it , in history ...
... called it " a revolution of doc- trine and theoretical dogma . " In a letter to his son , written in November 1792 , Burke called the Revolution " an event which has nothing to match it , or in the least to resemble it , in history ...
Page 28
... morality . During most of the nineteenth century , and un- til around 1940 , studies of Burke's political philosophy have been concerned mainly with what has been called the " empirical. 28 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
... morality . During most of the nineteenth century , and un- til around 1940 , studies of Burke's political philosophy have been concerned mainly with what has been called the " empirical. 28 SELECTED WRITINGS AND SPEECHES.
Page 29
... called the " empirical , " " util- itarian , " and " pragmatic " elements in his thought , or with the his- torical rather than the ethical foundations of his politics . His own explicit words , that " the principles of true politics ...
... called the " empirical , " " util- itarian , " and " pragmatic " elements in his thought , or with the his- torical rather than the ethical foundations of his politics . His own explicit words , that " the principles of true politics ...
Page 56
... called states , civil societies , or governments ; into some form of which , more extended or restrained , all mankind have gradually fallen . And since it has so happened , and that we owe an implicit reverence to all the institutions ...
... called states , civil societies , or governments ; into some form of which , more extended or restrained , all mankind have gradually fallen . And since it has so happened , and that we owe an implicit reverence to all the institutions ...
Page 60
... that these nations were different combinations of people , and called by different names : to an En- glishman , the name of a Frenchman , a Spaniard , an Italian , much more a Turk , or a Tartar , raises of. 60 SELECTED WRITINGS AND ...
... that these nations were different combinations of people , and called by different names : to an En- glishman , the name of a Frenchman , a Spaniard , an Italian , much more a Turk , or a Tartar , raises of. 60 SELECTED WRITINGS AND ...
Contents
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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 |
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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