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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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 xxvi
... popular support by claiming liberty for all . In this fashion it was ensured that liberty was not merely won but won on a general basis ( AEH , ш.viii ) . We could perhaps say that because Burke's story gives out at Magna Carta it is ...
... popular support by claiming liberty for all . In this fashion it was ensured that liberty was not merely won but won on a general basis ( AEH , ш.viii ) . We could perhaps say that because Burke's story gives out at Magna Carta it is ...
Page xxx
... popular support had induced them to diffuse liberty to all . He marked out a similar role for the modern aristocracy . When Rockingham died , Burke declared that the Marquess had endeavoured ' to give stability to the liberties of his ...
... popular support had induced them to diffuse liberty to all . He marked out a similar role for the modern aristocracy . When Rockingham died , Burke declared that the Marquess had endeavoured ' to give stability to the liberties of his ...
Page xxxi
... popular sup- port . Such were the habits of political virtue , ' the temperate , perma- nent , hereditary virtue of the whole house of Cavendish ' , 20 At length , Burke returned to mankind what he had given to party , and that in part ...
... popular sup- port . Such were the habits of political virtue , ' the temperate , perma- nent , hereditary virtue of the whole house of Cavendish ' , 20 At length , Burke returned to mankind what he had given to party , and that in part ...
Page xli
... popular , but after a serious illness ( by which he may have been unhinged ) alienated the Senate , governed through extensive executions and may have committed incest with his sister Drusilla . His alleged elevation of his horse to a ...
... popular , but after a serious illness ( by which he may have been unhinged ) alienated the Senate , governed through extensive executions and may have committed incest with his sister Drusilla . His alleged elevation of his horse to a ...
Page xlix
... popular Prime Minister ' and certainly gave Cabinet office to another . Grenville ( created Baron Grenville , 1790 ) himself held a series of high offices under his cousin , the younger Pitt ( qv ) , going into opposition over the ...
... popular Prime Minister ' and certainly gave Cabinet office to another . Grenville ( created Baron Grenville , 1790 ) himself held a series of high offices under his cousin , the younger Pitt ( qv ) , going into opposition over the ...
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 |
306 | |
321 | |
326 | |
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References to this book
Modern Political Thinkers and Ideas: An Historical Introduction Tudor Jones No preview available - 2002 |