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Reflections on the Revolution in France (Dover Value Editions)
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by Edmund Burke
Sales Rank: 475200
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Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
Published by: Dover Publications; New Ed edition February 10, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0486445070
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486445076
Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 5.6 ounces
Product Description
Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers.
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I cannot believe that noone has reviewed this.Burke wrote this incredibly farsighted dissection of the French Revolution at a point when most English opinion leaders were supportive of that great orgy of sadistic bloodletting. He wrote this in 1790 as a reply to a clergyman who was of course a big supporter of the Revolution. Burke dissects the reverend and was able to foresee the emergence of a dictator well before the Reign of Terror and Robespierre and of course before anyone had heard of Napoleon. It includes many memorable phrases such as " the age of chivalry is dead; the age of sophists and calculators has begun." Other memorable phrases living until our times include " the unbought grace of life." Burke is probably the unsurpassed political genius of the last two hundred years. By all means if you want to know the essence of conservatism as prudent reform vs the awful beast of millenarian utopian leftism, this is where you must start.
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