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Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke. 1729-1797. Life. Irish/ Protestant/ England Burke and class Society The French Revolution Wordsworth: ( The Prelude ) Oh! Pleasant exercise of hope and joy! For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood Upon our side, we who were strong in love!

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Edmund Burke

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  1. Edmund Burke 1729-1797

  2. Life • Irish/ Protestant/ England • Burke and class Society • The French Revolution • Wordsworth: (The Prelude) Oh! Pleasant exercise of hope and joy! For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood Upon our side, we who were strong in love! Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven!

  3. Burke’s view of the French Revolution

  4. Revolutions and Burke • Execution of Charles I (1649) • Glorious Revolution (1688) • American Revolution (1776) • French Revolution (1789) • What are the important differences for EB? • Central points of his book LIMITS OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE SOCIAL ORDER AND THE INTELLECT

  5. Reflections on the Revolution in France Price’s sermon I. Critique of the posture of the “Revolutionary Society” 1.what should liberty be? 2.elements of government II. English institutions 1. right to choose out own governors 2. right to cashier them for misconduct 3. right to frame government for ourselves

  6. III. Proper mode of reform • Iv. What is wrong with France • Composition of the asembly • Proper criteria of just government • Horrors of the revolution • V. English institutions • Conservatism • Religion • VI. The policies of the Revolution

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