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Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Seven Book 2)
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on m’a fait lire Réflexions sur la Révolution de France, d’Edmund Burke. Burke s’opposait à tout ce en quoi je croyais, ou c’est du moins ce que j’ai pensé. Il soutenait que le changement révolutionnaire est brutal – on ne sait jamais quel type d’effets involontaires on va déclencher –, que le pouvoir de la raison ne permet pas de comprendre la com
... See moreAnatole Muchnik • La deuxième montagne : Si la réussite n'était pas là où vous le pensiez ? (French Edition)
Edmund Burke argued that a society should be seen as a: ‘partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born’ (Burke [1790] quoted in Beinhocker 2006: 454). Burke points to the interests of unborn members of a society and how they need a powerful ‘voice’ to counter so
... See moreJohn Urry • What is the Future?
was a dead British orator and writer who was on my mind. Edmund Burke said the problem with war is that it usually consumes the very things that you’re fighting for—justice, decency, humanity—and I couldn’t help but think of how many times I had violated our nation’s deepest values in order to protect them.