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Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke — Edmund Burke

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 477 pages

This collection gathers speeches and writings by Edmund Burke, the 18th-century Irish-born British statesman and political thinker. It covers his reflections on government, liberty, revolution, and society, showing his eloquence and principled conservatism. Listeners can appreciate his enduring arguments about order, reform, and the limits of power.

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Contents

  1. SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE.
  2. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY.
  3. APPENDIX.
  4. SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE.
  5. NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
  6. RETROSPECT AND RESIGNATION.
  7. MODESTY OF MIND.
  8. NEWTON AND NATURE.
  9. THEORY AND PRACTICE.
  10. INDUCTION AND COMPARISON.
  11. DIVINE POWER ON THE HUMAN IDEA.
  12. UNION OF LOVE AND DREAD IN RELIGION.
  13. OFFICE OF SYMPATHY.
  14. WORDS.
  15. NATURE ANTICIPATES MAN.
  16. SELF-INSPECTION.
  17. POWER OF THE OBSCURE.
  18. FEMALE BEAUTY.
  19. NOVELTY AND CURIOSITY.
  20. PLEASURES OF ANALOGY.
  21. AMBITION.
  22. EXTENSIONS OF SYMPATHY.
  23. PHILOSOPHY OF TASTE.
  24. CLEARNESS AND STRENGTH IN STYLE.
  25. UNITY OF IMAGINATION.
  26. EFFECT OF WORDS.
  27. INVESTIGATION.
  28. THE SUBLIME.
  29. OBSCURITY.
  30. PRINCIPLES OF TASTE.

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