The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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672K words
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68

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English Originals Politics Public OratoryPolitical PhilosophyBritish PoliticsPower GameConservatismCivic AwarenessWestern ThoughtMoral DilemmaIntellectual CommentaryEighteenth Century

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) by Edmund Burke. Author: Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. Language: English. Class: DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe. Release Date: Apr 24, 2005

Editor's review

This volume is the sixth of twelve in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, a public-domain reprint of the original English text, collecting his political writings and speeches. Burke was a major eighteenth-century British political thinker whose dense, rhetorically elaborate prose addresses the British constitutional tradition, imperial governance, and political prudence with lasting significance for intellectual history. The volume serves as a primary source for the study of Burke's political thought, British parliamentary politics, and eighteenth-century public debate, and is also suited to readers who wish to engage directly with original English political prose. It is best read as a historical and intellectual document rather than a general introduction; pairing it with historical annotations or related scholarship is recommended to grasp the context and interlocutors of specific debates. The electronic edition facilitates keyword searches and paragraph-level citation, making it suitable for coursework, scholarly notes, or selected readings in thematic seminars.

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Is this a Chinese translation or the original English text? This is the original English text, a public-domain ebook reprint with English throughout. Chinese readers need a reasonable command of English and are advised to prepare historical background materials.
Can I read Volume 6 without having read the first five? You can read selected pieces. The volumes are relatively independent in content, but Burke's arguments often respond to specific political events, so before reading a given piece it is best to learn about its background and the positions it engages.
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About the author

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 Author

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was a British political thinker, pamphleteer and orator whose writings and speeches have had a lasting influence on political theory and the conservative tradition. This site holds sixteen of his works, chiefly the multi-volume The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, together with Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America and Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. These texts comprise parliamentary speeches, political essays and letters, addressing such subjects as the American colonies, the French Revolution, political institutions and moral philosophy. His style is eloquent yet restrained, grounding particular circumstances in general principles and arguing through contrast and historical example. As the library's fields for nationality and dates are incomplete and public information is limited, no biographical details are inferred here; readers may instead trace his political rhetoric and thought through the collected works and speech selections above.