Rob Edwards
Edmund Burke, “Reflections on the Revolution in France”
Thesis: In Burke's “Reflections,” he laid the foundation for modern conservative thought by stating that without established authority, people revert to savagery.
Doesn't share the faith of the philosophes in human goodness
By undermining venerable institutions, the revolutionaries had opened the door to anarchy and terror
The French people are acting completely irrationally and are becoming unnecessarily violent
By following all of their false revolutionary ideas, they have “bought calamities at a higher price than any nation has purchased the most unequivocal blessings”
spirit of a gentleman and the spirit of religion are the only two things that connect man to society with its manners and goodness
Burke then compares the english people with the French Revolutionaries
Individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general band and capital of nations and of ages
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