Edmund burke Flashcards
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burke on human nature
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saw the individual as foolish, pessimistic view
humans cannot rely on individual reason, only tradition
the only contracts that exists s between the living and the dead and the yet to be born
the present must nurture and protect tradition
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view on society
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critical of indivudalism
society is organic and develops naturally
attacked the French revolutions emphasis on equality arguing hierarchy is natural
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view on economy
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