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“Prior to The Reflections, Burke was thought of as a friend of liberty. He had been very sympathetic to the American cause and Wollstonecraft defended him, and others, in a review. Also, this would not have been known to her or to anyone else, but Burke wrote an unpublished critique of the laws pertaining to Ireland. He was seen as one of them. When the Reflections came out and he becomes the champion of private property, they think of him as a turncoat.” Read more...
“The conservative case at its most formidable—against change, in favour of tradition, in favour of hierarchy…He summarises, in a marvelous piece of writing, the case for tradition…and that’s an absolutely pure pleasure to read: the language is absolutely glowing with eloquence and passion.” Read more...
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