Project Gutenberg 2005-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 175 Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Produced by Paul Murray, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team 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. 04 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a collection of political essays and letters written in the late 18th century. This volume primarily discusses the political climate of France, particularly in response to the Revolutionary fervor of the time, and offers Burke's philosophical insights on governance, social order, and the nature of man. As a key figure in the debates about liberty and tradition, Burke's work reflects his deep concerns over the consequences of radical political change and the need for stability in governance. The opening of this volume presents a letter addressed to a member of the National Assembly, where Burke engages critically with objections raised against his previous writings on French affairs. He emphasizes the errors he acknowledges and defends his strong stance against what he perceives as the dangers of dismantling established social orders. Burke argues that the attempts to replace the monarchy with a structure of local governance are fraught with absurdity and that true representation and governance should not be left in the hands of the inexperienced and unruly masses. He laments the loss of noble principles that should guide governance and expresses his concerns about the destructive nature of the philosophies guiding the new political order in France. This introduction sets the stage for Burke's exploration of political philosophy in relation to contemporary events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Political science -- Early works to 1800 DA Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Politics 898860 898869 2024-09-07T06:27:35.535236 2023-09-07T08:15:51.040444 text/html text/html 920437 2021-02-25T21:23:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 334265 2021-02-25T21:23:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 401651 2024-09-07T06:27:47.155179 application/epub+zip 415349 2024-09-07T06:27:38.528230 application/epub+zip 409286 2024-09-07T06:27:36.946217 application/epub+zip 819123 2024-09-07T06:27:53.563139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 757547 2024-09-07T06:27:45.684163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714175 2022-09-07T23:14:30.331946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 819678 2024-09-07T06:27:34.184244 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 819522 2020-12-14T10:56:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 300331 2020-12-14T10:56:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 819338 2020-12-14T10:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 300077 2020-12-14T10:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 819417 2020-12-14T10:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299846 2020-12-14T10:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21577 2024-09-07T06:27:53.720122 application/rdf+xml 23232 2024-09-07T06:27:37.321216 image/jpeg 4565 2024-09-07T06:27:37.131234 image/jpeg 403639 2024-09-07T06:27:35.614207 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