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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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 xvi
... whilst his practical works explored the possibilities of political inequality and , in the case of Reflections on the Revolution in France , defended it . The object of this introduction is to show the steps by which Burke moved to ...
... whilst his practical works explored the possibilities of political inequality and , in the case of Reflections on the Revolution in France , defended it . The object of this introduction is to show the steps by which Burke moved to ...
Page xvii
... ( whilst lamenting that they usually did not ) .3 These concerns , diverse as they seem , came to be related in one theory . Burke embraced these three into a single understanding through the idea of inequality . Let us start with the ...
... ( whilst lamenting that they usually did not ) .3 These concerns , diverse as they seem , came to be related in one theory . Burke embraced these three into a single understanding through the idea of inequality . Let us start with the ...
Page xviii
... whilst Burke could later distinguish deists from atheists , " he was not ultimately much concerned about the difference . Addressing himself to France in 1790 , he would refer to ' those men ... whom the vulgar , in their blunt , homely ...
... whilst Burke could later distinguish deists from atheists , " he was not ultimately much concerned about the difference . Addressing himself to France in 1790 , he would refer to ' those men ... whom the vulgar , in their blunt , homely ...
Page xix
... Whilst we think of God's power , Burke wrote , ' we shrink into the minuteness of our own nature , and are , in a manner , annihilated before him ' . God's power indicated man's dependence : And though a consideration of his other ...
... Whilst we think of God's power , Burke wrote , ' we shrink into the minuteness of our own nature , and are , in a manner , annihilated before him ' . God's power indicated man's dependence : And though a consideration of his other ...
Page xxix
... whilst some publicists saw the court threatening liberty , others identified aristocracy as its enemy . Burke was able to opt for the former view after he attached himself to Rockingham . This was , no doubt , a fragile contingency ...
... whilst some publicists saw the court threatening liberty , others identified aristocracy as its enemy . Burke was able to opt for the former view after he attached himself to Rockingham . This was , no doubt , a fragile contingency ...
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 |