When in 1765 at the age of 36, he began his long career as a member of the British Parliament, Edmund Burke was already widely known for his intellectual ability as editor of the highly acclaimed journal the Annual Register and as the author of A Philoso...
Ordinarily one approaches the writings of practicing politicians without anticipating any benefit other than that of becoming informed--that is, unless they are the writings of Edmund Burke. Burke is so knowledgeable about political systems and ideas; so...
Eighteenth-century man of letters, politician, and member of Parliament (MP), Edmund Burke is usually regarded as the father of modern political conservatism and an advocate for what has become party politics. His philosophy is revealed not in a series o...
edited by W.M. Elofson and John A. Woods. Textual Editor for the Writings, William B. Todd. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1996. xx, 713 pp. $161.50. This volume is the sixth to appear in Oxford University Press's multivolume collection of Edmund Burke's writings and speeches,...
THE GREAT MELODY A Thematic Biography and Commented Anthology of Edmund Burke By Conor Cruise O'Brien University of Chicago Press. 692 pp. $34.95 THE "Great Melody" of the title of this book about the 18th- century statesman and philosopher Edmund...
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