Reflections on the Revolution in Fran..., Edmund Burke
Reflections on the Revolution in Fran..., Edmund Burke
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Reflections on the Revolution in France

Author: Edmund Burke

Narrator: Bernard Mayes

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2014

Synopsis

This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burkes opinion on whether Frances new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true social order. As a Christianhe was not a man of the EnlightenmentBurke knew religion to be mans greatest good and established order to be a fundamental pillar of civilization. Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world. Said Russell Kirk, The Reflections must be read by anyone who wishes to understand the great controversies of modern politics.

About Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) became a member of Parliament in 1765. He championed the unpopular cause of Catholic emancipation and a great part of his career became dedicated to the problem of India. The French Revolution prompted one of his best-known works, Reflections on the Revolution in France.

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Goodreads review by Bill

In this classic work, Burke--the father of modern conservatism--criticizes the architects of the French Revolution and the new revolutionary government for their unyielding radicalism and wanton destruction of society's institutions. In Burke's view, the traditions of a society should be respected a......more

Goodreads review by Roy

What first attracted me to Edmund Burke was the endorsement of a friend. “Burke is such a good writer,” he told me, “that he momentarily convinced me that monarchy is a great idea.” A writer good enough to do that, I thought, was worth a read; and since I recently read Thomas Paine’s refutation of B......more

Goodreads review by P.E.

A Regal Masquerade Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur Joseph Ducreux, circa 1793 What is it all about? This essay from Irish-born British MP Edmund Burke deals with the measures passed by French National Assembly in the aftermath of the Revolution in 1789, with Richard Price's speec......more

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