Project Gutenberg 2005-02-14 Public domain in the USA. 1371 Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Produced by Paul Murray, Michael Punch and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a collection of political and philosophical writings, likely composed in the late 18th century. The volume presents a critical exploration of societal structures and norms through various essays and letters, reflecting Burke's insights on the nature of government, society, and human behavior. Readers can expect an examination of the consequent evils arising from artificial societal constructs and a call for a return to natural society. At the start of this collection, the editor provides an overview of Burke's work and intentions, highlighting his reluctance to compile his writings during his lifetime. The initial essay, "A Vindication of Natural Society," introduces the central theme of the volume: the critique of artificial societal constructs and the associated moral consequences. Burke posits that while humans have created complex societies, they often lead to oppression and tyranny, and he uses historical examples of civil unrest and warfare to illustrate the destructive outcomes of political systems. The opening sets the stage for a broader discourse on the relationship between human nature, governance, and the inherent flaws of political order. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Political science -- Early works to 1800 DA Text Harvard Classics Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics 1078031 1078241 2024-09-07T03:39:57.870688 2023-09-07T05:48:03.430113 text/html text/html 1094769 2020-12-10T02:58:09 text/html; charset=utf-8 423137 2020-12-10T02:58:09 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 509238 2024-09-07T03:40:12.928606 application/epub+zip 517970 2024-09-07T03:40:01.460645 application/epub+zip 477086 2024-09-07T03:39:59.538686 application/epub+zip 960781 2024-09-07T03:40:21.676100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 876528 2024-09-07T03:40:10.754612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 802368 2022-09-07T19:38:12.166430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 937709 937472 2024-09-07T03:39:56.344668 2023-09-07T05:48:01.958132 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 937425 2020-12-10T02:58:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 339258 2020-12-10T02:58:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 937453 2020-12-10T02:58:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 339075 2020-12-10T02:58:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20815 2024-09-07T03:40:21.844048 application/rdf+xml 23277 2024-09-07T03:39:59.938675 image/jpeg 4524 2024-09-07T03:39:59.737684 image/jpeg 491656 2024-09-07T03:39:57.960692 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia