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COSIMO CLASSICS Reflections on the Revolution in France by III Edmund Burke
Reflections on the Revolution in France is the most famous and popular work of Irish political writer and statesman EDMUND BURKE (17291797) whose 12volume set of collected works has long been considered one of the most influential anthologies of political philosophy in the English language. Reflections included in Volume III of that set is significant enough to warrant its own separate publication here. Although Burke supported many liberal movements such as the right of selfrule of the American colonies and of Ireland he did not support the French Revolution: he believed the uprising was based on faulty notions that did not properly account for the pitfalls of human nature and this he predicted would lead the revolutionaries to disaster. And indeed the Revolution did lead to the Reign of Terror and eventually Napoleon Bonaparte. Students of history and philosophy will find Burkes arguments as provocative as his contemporaries did.show more