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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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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... tion , in fact , about which the deists had qualms . For they assumed that God willed that everyone in principle could be saved . This implied that each person had the minimum means needed for salva- tion . This could not include ...
... tion , in fact , about which the deists had qualms . For they assumed that God willed that everyone in principle could be saved . This implied that each person had the minimum means needed for salva- tion . This could not include ...
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... tion of human concerns . For they involved a denial of at least some of what Christians understood as His government of the world . Burke developed a contrasting vision . He was keen to employ God in explanation , whether of man's ...
... tion of human concerns . For they involved a denial of at least some of what Christians understood as His government of the world . Burke developed a contrasting vision . He was keen to employ God in explanation , whether of man's ...
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... tion of hierarchy in civil society , that ' the same Engines which were employed for the Destruction of Religion , might be employed with equal Success for the Subversion of Government ' ( see below , p . 10 ) . Revelation and the ...
... tion of hierarchy in civil society , that ' the same Engines which were employed for the Destruction of Religion , might be employed with equal Success for the Subversion of Government ' ( see below , p . 10 ) . Revelation and the ...
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... tion , force would be replaced by opinion as a mode of government . This feudalism both necessitated and provided . It was necessary because leaders were followed freely ( the sovereign ' was only a greater lord among great lords ...
... tion , force would be replaced by opinion as a mode of government . This feudalism both necessitated and provided . It was necessary because leaders were followed freely ( the sovereign ' was only a greater lord among great lords ...
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... and in political life , gave him a powerful instrument to interpret the Revolu- tion . His pre - revolutionary thought is vital to understanding Reflections . A note on the texts Sources of texts The editor's xxxiii Introduction.
... and in political life , gave him a powerful instrument to interpret the Revolu- tion . His pre - revolutionary thought is vital to understanding Reflections . A note on the texts Sources of texts The editor's xxxiii Introduction.
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 |