...society could produce 'a true natural aristocracy'. Nature culminated in artifice. In Burke's own words, 'the state of civil society, which necessarily generates this aristocracy, is a state of nature'. 10 There was a further variety of inequality implicit here, for the perfection of artifice was the...

...civilisation and politeness rather than the Rousseauist nature that has escaped or transcended them:147 The state of civil society, which necessarily generates...natural state, but when he is placed where reason may he best cultivated, and most predominates. Art is man's nature. I4a Set against this, Swift's transitions...

...by which human nature realizes itself and achieves its natural ends: The state of civil society ... is a state of nature, and much more truly so than...cultivated, and most predominates. Art is man's nature [W?r& 6: 218]. Art is man's nature because by art and skill man constructs the civil society which,...

...New to the Old Whigs, he completely redefines the "state of nature" and says that "man is never so perfectly in his natural state but when he is placed...cultivated and most predominates. Art is man's nature" (A: 105). To investigate the proper relation between human nature and government, we must consult the...

...New to the Old Whigs, he completely redefines the "state of nature" and says that "man is never so perfectly in his natural state but when he is placed...reason may be best cultivated and most predominates. Ar t is man's nature" (A: 105). To investigate the proper relation between human nature and government,...

...Rousseau, Burke wrote in his Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791) the famous and often quoted words: "For man is by nature reasonable; and he is never...best cultivated and most predominates. Art is man's nature."6 In the first place we should observe with how little reluctance Burke avails himself here...

...circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. "The state of civil society, which necessarily generates...be best cultivated, and most predominates. Art is man 's nature. We are as much, at least, in a state of nature in formed manhood, as in immature and...

...product of human reason, that is, "artificial," was also "natural." Burke even described civil society as "a state of nature — and much more truly so than a savage and incoherent mode of life." It was natural, therefore, for men to develop the arts and sciences, including the art of governing...

...1.76.1). Likewise for Burke, as he puts forward in his Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs (1791): "For man is by nature reasonable; and he is never...placed where reason may be best cultivated, and most predominates."36 But matters are far more complex than the simple assertion of man's rationality. In...

...depiction of "a-social" individuals in the state of nature. "The state of civil society," he explained, "is a state of nature; and much more truly so than a savage and incoherent mode of life. Art is man's nature. We are as much, at least, in a state of nature in formed manhood, as in immature...