Pre-Revolutionary WritingsThis is the first collection of the writings of Edmund Burke which precede Reflections on the Revolution in France, and the first to do justice to the connections and breadth of Burke's thought. A thinker whose range transcends formal boundaries, Burke has been highly prized by both conservatives and liberals, and this new edition charts the development of Burke's thought and its importance as a response to the events of his day. Burke's mind spanned theology, aesthetics, moral philosophy and history, as well as the political affairs of Ireland, England, America, India and France, and he united these concerns in his view of inequality. In the writings in this edition Burke indicated how societies embodying revealed religion and social hierarchy could sustain civilisation and political liberty. These thoughts reached their apogee in Reflections on the Revolution in France. This edition provides the student with all the necessary information for an understanding of the complexities of Burke's thought. Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references. An introduction and biographical and bibliographical essays help place these works in the context of Burke's thought as a whole. |
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Page xiii
... Burke returns to Ireland as secretary to W. G. Hamilton , Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant , Lord Halifax ; Bute secretary of state ; Pitt resigns 1762 Bute forms ministry ; Wilkes commences North Briton 1763 xiii Chronological table.
... Burke returns to Ireland as secretary to W. G. Hamilton , Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant , Lord Halifax ; Bute secretary of state ; Pitt resigns 1762 Bute forms ministry ; Wilkes commences North Briton 1763 xiii Chronological table.
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Edmund Burke Ian Harris. 1762 Bute forms ministry ; Wilkes commences North Briton 1763 Peace of Paris ; George Grenville forms ministry ; Wilkes prosecuted for North Briton no . 45 under a general warrant 1764 ' The Club ' founded ...
Edmund Burke Ian Harris. 1762 Bute forms ministry ; Wilkes commences North Briton 1763 Peace of Paris ; George Grenville forms ministry ; Wilkes prosecuted for North Briton no . 45 under a general warrant 1764 ' The Club ' founded ...
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... North or by the governor - general of Bengal – which seized his attention . In each case , too , the polarity is present in Burke's thinking . Thoughts on the Origins of the Present Discontents identified a threat to England's liberties ...
... North or by the governor - general of Bengal – which seized his attention . In each case , too , the polarity is present in Burke's thinking . Thoughts on the Origins of the Present Discontents identified a threat to England's liberties ...
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... North , and spoke for the restoration of Lord Pigot , was a very clever publicist and debater . Thus , political engagement both led Burke to apply his general views in a highly particularized way and imparted a distinctiveness to his ...
... North , and spoke for the restoration of Lord Pigot , was a very clever publicist and debater . Thus , political engagement both led Burke to apply his general views in a highly particularized way and imparted a distinctiveness to his ...
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... North coalition in 1783 , and his party's diminishing regard for the impeachment of Hastings con- tributed to Burke's lonely position in the later 1780s . He required a new loyalty and a new opportunity to re - establish himself as a ...
... North coalition in 1783 , and his party's diminishing regard for the impeachment of Hastings con- tributed to Burke's lonely position in the later 1780s . He required a new loyalty and a new opportunity to re - establish himself as a ...
Contents
Extempore Commonplace on The Sermon of Our Saviour on the Mount | 1 |
Text | 3 |
A Vindication of Natural Society | 4 |
Analysis | 7 |
Text | 8 |
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful | 58 |
Analysis | 61 |
Text | 63 |
Analysis | 114 |
Text | 116 |
Conciliation with America | 193 |
Analysis | 205 |
Text | 206 |
Almas Ali Khan | 270 |
Analysis | 275 |
Text | 277 |
Religion | 78 |
Analysis | 81 |
Text | 82 |
Tracts on the Popery Laws | 88 |
Analysis | 93 |
Text | 95 |
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents | 103 |
Speech on the Army Estimates | 298 |
Analysis | 305 |
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References to this book
Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas: An Historical Introduction Tudor Jones No preview available - 2002 |