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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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 xvii
... . 263 , 289 , 317 . 4 The Reformer , no . 11 , 7 April 1748 ; Samuels , p . 323 . 5 Cf. Speech on Toleration Bill , 17th March 1773 , WSEB , п p . 387f . providence might in itself be held to signify atheism , xvii Introduction.
... . 263 , 289 , 317 . 4 The Reformer , no . 11 , 7 April 1748 ; Samuels , p . 323 . 5 Cf. Speech on Toleration Bill , 17th March 1773 , WSEB , п p . 387f . providence might in itself be held to signify atheism , xvii Introduction.
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Edmund Burke Ian Harris. providence might in itself be held to signify atheism , or scepticism about revelation might be felt to reflect a complete unbelief . At any rate whilst Burke could later distinguish deists from atheists , " he ...
Edmund Burke Ian Harris. providence might in itself be held to signify atheism , or scepticism about revelation might be felt to reflect a complete unbelief . At any rate whilst Burke could later distinguish deists from atheists , " he ...
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... Providence - His concern with individual destinies - for that obviously embraced revelation . Most deists were not so thorough : but Bolingbroke was . ' His view was objectionable on wider grounds . Besides discounting revelation , it ...
... Providence - His concern with individual destinies - for that obviously embraced revelation . Most deists were not so thorough : but Bolingbroke was . ' His view was objectionable on wider grounds . Besides discounting revelation , it ...
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... Providence was included here . As Burke's favourite passage from Isaiah ( 55,8 ) expresses the matter , ' my thoughts are not your thoughts , neither are your ways my ways , saith the LORD . ' Man's task was not to question God's Providence ...
... Providence was included here . As Burke's favourite passage from Isaiah ( 55,8 ) expresses the matter , ' my thoughts are not your thoughts , neither are your ways my ways , saith the LORD . ' Man's task was not to question God's Providence ...
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... Providence which secured England her liberty and improvement . Naturally enough , he found that Providence worked through the agencies of social inequality and revealed religion . Burke's Abridgement of English History , written shortly ...
... Providence which secured England her liberty and improvement . Naturally enough , he found that Providence worked through the agencies of social inequality and revealed religion . Burke's Abridgement of English History , written shortly ...
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 |