Edmund Burke

616 books • 27 series

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Irish philosopher and member of parliament in the British House of Commons. The son of a Catholic mother and Anglican father, Burke was raised between Dublin and rural County Cork. In 1744, he began studying at Trinity College Dublin, where he founded a debating society and graduated in 1748. Burke traveled to London in 1750 to become a lawyer, but soon abandoned his legal studies in favor of a life of professional writing. His first work, A Vindication of Natural Society: A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind (1756) was an ironic reworking of Lord Bolingbroke's infamous arguments for reason over religion. This satire earned Burke the reputation of fearless firebrand and intellectual skeptic which would carry him throughout his career. His two most important publications, arguably, are A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757) and Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Although a member of the historically liberal Whig Party, Burke is now frequently seen as a foundational figure in the development of modern conservative thought.

Oct 3, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 70

Oct 2, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 79

Oct 1, 2015
Cover of Reflections on The Revolution in France And Other Writings

Reflections on The Revolution in France And Other Writings

Oct 1, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 72

Sep 30, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 24

Sep 30, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 143

Sep 30, 2015
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Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 141

Sep 29, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 46

Sep 29, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 51

Sep 28, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 69

Sep 28, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 50

Sep 27, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 18

Sep 27, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Part 1

Sep 27, 2015
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Dodsley's Annual Register, Part 1

Sep 27, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 149

Sep 27, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 73

Sep 27, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 62, Part 1

Sep 25, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 68

Sep 25, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 63

Sep 25, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 47

Sep 25, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 45

Sep 21, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 133

Sep 21, 2015
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Dodsley's Annual Register, Volume 138

Sep 21, 2015
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The Annual Register, Or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ..., Volume 62, Part 2