Pre-Revolutionary Writings

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Cambridge University Press, 1993 M06 3 - 328 páginas
This 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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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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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
Text
306
Index of persons
321
Index of subjects and places
326
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Términos y frases comunes

Acerca del autor (1993)

Born in Ireland in 1729, Edmund Burke was an English statesman, author, and orator who is best remembered as a formidable advocate for those who were victims of injustice. He was the son of a Dublin lawyer and had also trained to practice law. In the 1760s, Burke was elected to the House of Commons from the Whig party. Burke spent most of his career in Parliament as a member of the Royal Opposition, who was not afraid of controversy, as shown by his support for the American Revolution and for Irish/Catholic rights. His best-known work is Reflections on the French Revolution (1790). Some other notable works are On Conciliation with the American Colonies (1775) and Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788). Edmund Burke died in 1797.

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