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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

The philosophy of Edmund Burke : a selection from his speeches and writings / edited with an introduction by Louis I. Bredvold and Ralph G. Ross.

Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press [1960]

vi, 276 pages 24 cm

8vo.

This selection from his speeches and writings reveals a political philosophy which is viable. even prophetic, in our own time. Burke's distrust of disembodied reason, his vision of the law of all nations, and his wide pragmatism speak to everyone concerned with maintaining the democratic freedoms in an age when millions are subject to the tyranny of abstract political ideas. -- back cover

Political science.

Bredvold, Louis I. (Louis Ignatius), 1888-1977, editor.

Ross, Ralph, 1911-2000, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (page 271).

Theory of law and legislation. Positive law and economic law -- International law and interference in a foreign nation -- Prudence as a political virtue -- The state and society. The nature of society -- What is a "people"? -- Liberty and natural rights -- Liberty within the social order -- Government and human nature. On conciliation with the American colonies -- Religion and the state -- Manners -- Practical politics. Political parties -- Aristocracy and leadership -- The duties of popular representatives -- Elections and parliamentary reform -- Reform and tradition. Tradition and change -- Principles of reform -- Tradition in the English establishment. The English Constitution -- Prescription and property -- Jacobinism. The new morality of France and Rousseau -- Aesthetics: the psychology of the sublime.

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