Download or read book Edmund Burke and the Discourse of Virtue written by Stephen H. Browne and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close readings of Burke's public discourse and political writings

Download or read book The Works of the Edmund Burke v 01 written by Edmund Burke and published by Golden Book. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the philosophical works of Lord Bolingbroke had appeared, great things were expected from the leisure of a man, who, from the splendid scene of action in which his talents had enabled him to make so conspicuous a figure, had retired to employ those talents in the investigation of truth. Philosophy began to congratulate herself upon such a proselyte from the world of business, and hoped to have extended her power under the auspices of such a leader. In the midst of these pleasing expectations, the works themselves at last appeared in full body, and with great pomp. Those who searched in them for new discoveries in the mysteries of nature; those who expected something which might explain or direct the operations of the mind; those who hoped to see morality illustrated and enforced; those who looked for new helps to society and government; those who desired to see the characters and passions of mankind delineated; in short, all who consider such things as philosophy, and require some of them at least in every philosophical work, all these were certainly disappointed; they found the landmarks of science precisely in their former places: and they thought they received but a poor recompense for this disappointment, in seeing every mode of religion attacked in a lively manner, and the foundation of every virtue, and of all government, sapped with great art and much ingenuity. What advantage do we derive from such writings? What delight can a man find in employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes, in a sort of sullen labor, in which, if the author could succeed, he is obliged to own, that nothing could be more fatal to mankind than his success? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers propose to compass the designs they pretend to have in view, by the instruments which they employ. Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man, by proving him no better than a beast? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue, by denying that vice and virtue are distinguished by good or ill fortune here, or by happiness or misery hereafter? Do they imagine they shall increase our piety, and our reliance on God, by exploding his providence, and insisting that he is neither just nor good? Such are the doctrines which, sometimes concealed, sometimes openly and fully avowed, are found to prevail throughout the writings of Lord Bolingbroke; and such are the reasonings which this noble writer and several others have been pleased to dignify with the name of philosophy. If these are delivered in a specious manner, and in a style above the common, they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wished for in disciples. To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it: there is no reason to conceal the design of it any longer. The design was to show that, without the exertion of any considerable forces, the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion, might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they, who doubt of everything else, will never permit to be questioned. It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against the sophists, that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause, and to support paradoxical opinions to the satisfaction of a common auditory, than to establish a doubtful truth by solid and conclusive arguments. When men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they have thought utterly indefensible, they grow doubtful of their own reason; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise; they run along with the speaker, charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful harvest of reasoning, where all seemed barren and unpromising. This is the fairy land of philosophy. And it very frequently happens, that those pleasing impressions on the imagination subsist and produce their effect, even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature. There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination, but which neither belongs to, nor becomes the sober aspect of truth. I have met with a quotation in Lord Coke's Reports that pleased me very much, though I do not know from whence he has taken it: "Interdum fucata falsitas (says he), in multis est probabilior, at sæpe rationibus vincit nudam veritatem." In such cases the writer has a certain fire and alacrity inspired into him by a consciousness, that, let it fare how it will with the subject, his ingenuity will be sure of applause; and this alacrity becomes much greater if he acts upon the offensive, by the impetuosity that always accompanies an attack, and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults. The editor is satisfied that a mind which has no restraint from a sense of its own weakness, of its subordinate rank in the creation, and of the extreme danger of letting the imagination loose upon some subjects, may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself; and that if we were to examine the divine fabrics by our ideas of reason and fitness, and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion, we might with as good color, and with the same success, make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no better than foolishness. There is an air of plausibility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and notions, taken from the beaten circle of ordinary experience, that is admirably suited to the narrow capacities of some, and to the laziness of others. But this advantage is in a great measure lost, when a painful, comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter, and which requires a great variety of considerations, is to be made; when we must seek in a profound subject, not only for arguments, but for new materials of argument, their measures and their method of arrangement; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas, and when we can never walk surely, but by being sensible of our blindness. And this we must do, or we do nothing, whenever we examine the result of a reason which is not our own. Even in matters which are, as it were, just within our reach, what would become of the world, if the practice of all moral duties, and the foundations of society, rested upon having their reasons made clear and demonstrative to every individual? The editor knows that the subject of this letter is not so fully handled as obviously it might; it was not his design to say all that could possibly be said. It had been inexcusable to fill a large volume with the abuse of reason; nor would such an abuse have been tolerable, even for a few pages, if some under-plot, of more consequence than the apparent design, had not been carried on.

Download or read book A Speech of Edmund Burke Esq at the Guildhall in Bristol written by Edmund Burke and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol By Edmund Burke A speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol: previous to the late election in that city, upon certain points relative to his parliamentary conduct.Burke was a proponent of underpinning virtues with manners in society and of the importance of religion in moral life.[6][page needed] These views were expressed in his A Vindication of Natural Society. Burke criticized British treatment of the American colonies, including through its taxation policies. He also supported the rights of the colonists to resist metropolitan authority, though he opposed the attempt to achieve independence. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Download or read book An Imaginative Whig written by Ian Crowe and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays shifts the focus of scholarly debate away from the themes that have traditionally dominated the study of Edmund Burke. In the past, largely ideology-based or highly textual studies have tended to paint Burke as a "prophet" or "precursor" of movements as diverse as conservatism, political pragmatism, and romanticism. In contrast, these essays address prominent issues in contemporary society--multiculturalism, the impact of postmodern and relativist methodologies, the boundaries of state-church relationships, and religious tolerance in modern societies--by emphasizing Burke's earlier career and writings and focusing on his position on historiography, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, aesthetics, and philosophical skepticism. The essays in this collection, written by some of today's most renowned Burke scholars, will radically challenge our deeply rooted assumptions about Burke, his thought, and his place in the history of Western political philosophy.

Download or read book The Works of the Edmund Burke v 02 written by Edmund Burke and published by Golden Book. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following speech has been much the subject of conversation, and the desire of having it printed was last summer very general. The means of gratifying the public curiosity were obligingly furnished from the notes of some gentlemen, members of the last Parliament. This piece has been for some months ready for the press. But a delicacy, possibly over-scrupulous, has delayed the publication to this time. The friends of administration have been used to attribute a great deal of the opposition to their measures in America to the writings published in England. The editor of this speech kept it back, until all the measures of government have had their full operation, and can be no longer affected, if ever they could have been affected, by any publication. Most readers will recollect the uncommon pains taken at the beginning of the last session of the last Parliament, and indeed during the whole course of it, to asperse the characters and decry the measures of those who were supposed to be friends to America, in order to weaken the effect of their opposition to the acts of rigor then preparing against the colonies. The speech contains a full refutation of the charges against that party with which Mr. Burke has all along acted. In doing this, he has taken a review of the effects of all the schemes which have been successively adopted in the government of the plantations. The subject is interesting; the matters of information various and important; and the publication at this time, the editor hopes, will not be thought unseasonable.

Download or read book Edmund Burke written by Peter Stanlis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two centuries after Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France, his name and reputation stand alongside Locke, Montesquieu, and Hume - the other still-cited grand political thinkers of the eighteenth century. For those great nations that have fallen into what Burke called "the antagonist world of madness, discord, vice, confusion and unavailing sorrow," the work of Burke supplies that sense of order, justice and freedom the present age seems to require. This volume by Peter Stanlis has grown out of almost four decades of studying Burke. Today, Professor Stanlis is called by Russell Kirk "the leading American authority on the political thought of the great conservative reformer." The book is divided into three categories: Burke on law and politics; Burke's criticism of Enlightenment rationalism and sensibility; and Burke's theory of revolution and critique of the English revolution of 1688. Stanlis' reasons' for linking Burke to the English Revolution rather than the later, and admittedly more decisive American and French Revolutions of his own time, is that for Burke, that earlier event was the normative pivot for judging how to make important changes in civil society. Indeed, even in his writings on the contemporary revolutions of his time,. Stanlis reminds us that Burke interpreted revolutionary events in France and Americas through the prism of the bloodless Revolution of 1688.

Download or read book Selected Letters of Edmund Burke written by Edmund Burke and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke written by Edmund Burke and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume III, readers will find: . "Speech on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts" . "Speech on the Debate of the Army Estimates in the House of Commons" . "Reflections on the Revolution in France"

Download or read book Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke written by Edmund Burke and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Burke was an Irish-British statesman, economist, and philosopher. He was born in Dublin and served as a member of Parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. The book presented here contains some of his most prominent works, like "Modesty of Mind," "Office of Sympathy," "Newton and Nature," etc.

Download or read book Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke written by Edmund Burke and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book Edmund Burke written by Peter Stanlis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique book, Peter J. Stanlis, the leading Burke scholar in America, has collected all the most important works and speeches of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), British statesman, political philosopher, and founder of modern conservative thought and, with due care to preserve the beauty of Burke's prose, edited them down to their essentials. "The main purpose of these selections," Stanlis explains, "is to present extensive and in the main unbroken samples of Burke's most representative thought in his most characteristic style, on a great variety of subjects." In this major effort you can find--to name only a few topics covered--Burke's defense of ordered liberty, his advocacy of secure property rights, his love of Christianity and Europe's moral tradition, and his impassioned jeremiad against the orgy of destruction that the French Revolution became. Stanlis's general introduction gives important insight into Burke's early life, education, professional training, literary and political career, prose style, political philosophy, and more. In addition, each selection is preceded by a headnote that clarifies the selections in their historical context and includes a brief analytical interpretation. A chronology highlights important dates in Burke's life and career. In its compactness and comprehensiveness, this volume is the quintessential Burke reader. It will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and students of literature and intellectual history.

Download or read book The Philosophy of Edmund Burke written by Edmund Burke and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Edmund Burke on Taste written by Edmund Burke and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reflections on the Revolution in France written by Edmund Burke and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Edmund Burke On Tast On the Sublime and Beautiful Reflections on the French Revolution A Letter to a Noble Lord written by Edmund Burke and published by Burke Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HARVARD CLASSICS. EDMUND BURKE: ON TAST- ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL- REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Contents include: PREFACE . 7 ON TASTE INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE . . . n THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL PART I SECT-ION L NOVELTY . ., 29 SECT. II PAIN AND PLEASURE 30 SECT. III. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REMOVAL OF PAIN, AND POSITIVE PLEASURE 31 SECT. IV. OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER 33 SECT. V, JOY AND GRIEF 34 SECT. VI OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SELF PRESERVATION 35 SECT. VII OF THE SUBLIME 36 SECT. VIII OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SOCIETY 37 SECT. IX. THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PASSIONS BELONGING TO SELF PRESERVATION, AND THOSE WHICH REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES 38 SECT. X. OF BEAUTY 38 SECT. XL SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE 40 SECT. XIL SYMPATHY, IMITATION, AND AMBITION. . 40 SECT. XIII. SYMPATHY 40 SECT. XIV. THE EFFECTS OF SYMPATHY IN THE DIS TRESSES OF OTHERS 41 SECT. XV OF THE EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY 43 HC 1 A VOL, xxiv 6109558 s PAGE SECT. V. PROPORTION FURTHER CONSIDERED ...... 87 SECT. VI. FITNESS NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY . . . 8g SECT. VII. THE REAL EFFECTS OF FITNESS 91 SECT. VIIL THE RECAPITULATION ...*.... 93 SECT. IX. PERFECTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY . . 93 SECT. X. How FAR THE IDEA OF BEAUTY MAY BE AP PLIED TO THE QUALITIES OF THE MIND 94 SECT. XL How FAR THE IDEA OF BEAUTY MAY BE AP PLIED TO VIRTUE 95 SECT. XII. THE REAL CAUSE OF BEAUTY 96 SECT. XIII. BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS SMALL ...... 96 SECT. XIV. SMOOTHNESS 97 SECT. XV. GRADUAL VARIATION 98 SECT. XVI. DELICACY 99 SECT. XVII BEAUTY IN COLOUR . . 100 SECT. XVIII. RECAPITULATION 100 SECT. XIX. TEE PHYSIOGNOMY 101 SECT. XX. THE EYE 101 SECT. XXL UGLINESS 102 SECT. XXII GRACE 102 SECT. XXIII. ELEGANCE AND SPECIOUSNESS .... 102 SECT. XXIV. THE BEAUTIFUL IN FEELING . . . * . 103 SECT. XXV. THE BEAUTIFUL IN SOUNDS 104 SECT. XXVI. TASTE AND SMELL 106 SECT. XXVIL THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL COM PARED . ., 106 PART IV. SECTION I. OF THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL 108 SECT. II. ASSOCIATION 109 SECT. III. CAUSE OF PAIN AND FEAR no SECT. IV CONTINUED m SECT. V. How THE SUBLIME is PRODUCED 112 SECT. VL How PAIN CAN BE A CAUSE OF DELIGHT . 113 SECT. VIL EXERCISE NECESSARY FOR THE FINER OR GANS * * JI 4 SECT. VIIL WHY THINGS NOT DANGEROUS PRODUCE A PASSION LIKE TERROR 114 4 CONTENTS PAGE SECT, IX, WHY VISUAL OBJECTS OF GREAT DIMEN SIONS ARE SUBLIME 115 SECT. X. UNITY, WHY REQUISITE TO VASTNESS . . .116 SECT. XL THE ARTIFICIAL INFINITE 117 SECT. XII. THE VIBRATIONS MUST BE SIMILAR . . .118 SECT. XIII. THE EFFECTS OF SUCCESSION IN VISUAL OBJECTS EXPLAINED n8 SECT. XIV. LOCKE'S OPINION CONCERNING DARKNESS CONSIDERED 120 SECT. XV. DARKNESS TERRIBLE IN ITS OWN NATURE . 121 SECT. XVI WHY DARKNESS is TERRIBLE 122 SECT. XVII THE EFFECTS OF BLACKNESS 123 SECT. XVIIL THE EFFECTS OF BLACKNESS MODERATED 125 SECT. XIX. THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF LOVE .... 125 SECT. XX. WHY SMOOTHNESS is BEAUTIFUL .... 127 SECT. XXL SWEETNESS, ITS NATURE 127 SECT. XXII. SWEETNESS RELAXING 129 SECT. XXIIL VARIATION, WHY BEAUTIFUL .... 130 SECT. XXIV. CONCERNING SMALLNESS 131 SECT. XXV. OF COLOUR 134 PART V. SECTION L OF WORDS 136 SECT. II. THE COMMON EFFECTS OF POETRY, Nor BY RAISING IDEAS OF THINGS 136 SECT. III. GENERAL WORDS BEFORE IDEAS 138 SECT. IV. THE EFFECT OF WORDS 139 SECT. V. EXAMPLES THAT WORDS MAY AFFECT WITH OUT RAISING IMAGES 140 SECT. VL POETRY NOT STRICTLY AN IMITATIVE ART . . 144 SECT. VII. How WORDS INFLUENCE THE PASSIONS . . 145 REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE 151 A LETTER FROM THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE TO A NOBLE LORD 401. GENERAL INTRODUCTION: EDMUND BURKE was born in Dublin In January, 1729, the son of an attorney. His father was Protestant, his mother Catholic; and though the son followed his father's religion, he was alway

Download or read book Edmund Burke and India written by Frederick G. Whelan and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Burke and India is the first thorough treatment of Burke's views on India, even though the affairs of the British Indian empire occupied more of Burke's attention - and occupy more space among his writings and speeches - than any of the other causes to which he devoted himself during his long public career. Relating Burke's views on India to ideas expressed in his other writings, Whelan offers a comprehensive assessment of Burke's political theory as a whole. Burke appears here as one of the few classic political thinkers in the Western canon to have made a serious and sustained effort to understand a non-European society and culture.

Download or read book Edmund Burke written by Francis Canavan and published by Carolina Academic Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: