Edmund Burke: The Practical Imagination"Edmund Burke PC (12 January [NS] 1729[1]? 9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. The latter led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction of the Whig party, which he dubbed the "Old Whigs", in opposition to the pro?French Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox. Burke was praised by both conservatives and liberals in the 19th century. Since the 20th century, he has generally been viewed as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism, as well as a representative of classical liberalism."--Wikipedia. |
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Page 99
... manners befitting a " master cast [ e ] . ” 147 They controlled all offices and three - quarters of the landed property in the state ; they were a vested interest but not along lines simply of class or wealth . Protestant tradesmen ...
... manners befitting a " master cast [ e ] . ” 147 They controlled all offices and three - quarters of the landed property in the state ; they were a vested interest but not along lines simply of class or wealth . Protestant tradesmen ...
Page 193
... Manners are of more importance than laws . Upon them , in a great measure , the laws depend . The law touches us but here and there , and now and then Manners are what vex or soothe , corrupt or purify , exalt or debase , barbarize or ...
... Manners are of more importance than laws . Upon them , in a great measure , the laws depend . The law touches us but here and there , and now and then Manners are what vex or soothe , corrupt or purify , exalt or debase , barbarize or ...
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... manners and customs , especially “ interior " manners as em- bodying unique cultural achievements , which it is part of the fate , and may become the good fortune of a state or a civiliza- tion to contain and perpetuate , and which ...
... manners and customs , especially “ interior " manners as em- bodying unique cultural achievements , which it is part of the fate , and may become the good fortune of a state or a civiliza- tion to contain and perpetuate , and which ...
Contents
The Organic Premise | 1 |
Burke and America | 13 |
Burke and Ireland | 68 |
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