Burke, Select Works, Volumen 1The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005 - 848 páginas An appealing compilation of Burke's principal works, including On the Causes of the Present Discontents (1770), which treats the expulsion of Wilkes from Parliament and the value of political parties, the speech On Conciliation with the American Colonies (1775), which supported the cause of the colonists, and Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), a classic criticism of the revolution and its actors. Burke [1729-1797] is considered a founder of modern conservatism. This is true to some extent, but not quite. He believed in popular government and recognized the inevitability of change. Indeed, he believed that a state that could not adapt to change was a state doomed to failure. |
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... common sense , but downright madness , to follow general principles in this wild manner , without limitation or reserve ; and give me leave to say one thing , which I hope will be long remembered and well thought upon by those who hear ...
... common sense , but downright madness , to follow general principles in this wild manner , without limitation or reserve ; and give me leave to say one thing , which I hope will be long remembered and well thought upon by those who hear ...
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... common - sense politician recognises him as his master , and modern satire is indebted to him for originating the ' Saturday Review ' style2 . He fell naturally into that man- ner which was best adapted to take and to keep hold of the 1 ...
... common - sense politician recognises him as his master , and modern satire is indebted to him for originating the ' Saturday Review ' style2 . He fell naturally into that man- ner which was best adapted to take and to keep hold of the 1 ...
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... common measure to refer to ; and his qualities contradict even themselves . ' There is indeed something about the best rhetoric which baffles the analysis of the critic , as life evades the scalpel of the anatomist . And in Burke's ...
... common measure to refer to ; and his qualities contradict even themselves . ' There is indeed something about the best rhetoric which baffles the analysis of the critic , as life evades the scalpel of the anatomist . And in Burke's ...
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... common and less trou- blesome plan of trying to do it as often as opportunity offered , and hardening themselves against failure . In this way fluency and 1 It may be useful to subjoin the opinions of two authorities well qualified to ...
... common and less trou- blesome plan of trying to do it as often as opportunity offered , and hardening themselves against failure . In this way fluency and 1 It may be useful to subjoin the opinions of two authorities well qualified to ...
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... common - sense — the candid and pro- found judgment , which give body and worth to the ' alternate coruscations ' of verbiage in which Johnson delighted . If we imagine Bolingbroke — whom nature intended for a demagogue , and endowed ...
... common - sense — the candid and pro- found judgment , which give body and worth to the ' alternate coruscations ' of verbiage in which Johnson delighted . If we imagine Bolingbroke — whom nature intended for a demagogue , and endowed ...
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