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 Each text is prefaced by a summary and notes to the texts elucidate the literary and historical references.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
... fact , these interests were intimately connected . Burke's theoretical writings sug- gested that the world was patterned unequally , whilst his practical works explored the possibilities of political inequality and , in the case of ...
... fact , these interests were intimately connected . Burke's theoretical writings sug- gested that the world was patterned unequally , whilst his practical works explored the possibilities of political inequality and , in the case of ...
Page xvii
... 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 revelation , for ...
... 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 revelation , for ...
Page xxiv
... fact , he thought that power might be more important for good than wealth.14 Power too required vindication , for among the inversions Burke attributed to the pseudo - Bolingbroke was the claim that any government , in its nature , was ...
... fact , he thought that power might be more important for good than wealth.14 Power too required vindication , for among the inversions Burke attributed to the pseudo - Bolingbroke was the claim that any government , in its nature , was ...
Page xxvii
... fact was that Protestants had triumphed over Catholics and meant to maintain their ascendancy . But Burke understood the case in more general terms . For him , it was the negation of the uses of power and wealth for benevolence ...
... fact was that Protestants had triumphed over Catholics and meant to maintain their ascendancy . But Burke understood the case in more general terms . For him , it was the negation of the uses of power and wealth for benevolence ...
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... fact , a country conquered . Burke became convinced that the subjugation of much of the sub - continent by the East India Company 17 Burke to William Markham ( after 9 Nov. 1771 ) , Corr , II , p . 264 ; Burke to the duke of Richmond ...
... fact , a country conquered . Burke became convinced that the subjugation of much of the sub - continent by the East India Company 17 Burke to William Markham ( after 9 Nov. 1771 ) , Corr , II , p . 264 ; Burke to the duke of Richmond ...
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 |