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Reflections on the Revolution in France

by Burke, Edmund

1790

Summary

Burke’s furious, prescient response to the French Revolution, arguing that society is a contract between generations, that abstract rights divorced from custom and prescription lead to terror, and that reform must grow out of what already exists rather than raze it to the ground

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ISBN: 978-0199539024

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Quotes from this book

• The Means of Conservation
• A Partnership Across Generations