Book description
Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution,
Edmund Burke's prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of
its mob rule predicted the Terror, began the modern conservative
tradition and still serves as a warning to those who seek to reshape
societies through violence. Throughout history, some books have changed
the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each
other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have
enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives
- and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great
thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook
civilization and helped make us who we are. Edmund Burke (1729 - 97)
was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1750 he
entered the Middle Temple in London but soon left law for literature.
His
Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and the Beautiful
influenced many writers of the Romantic period. An MP in the Whig
Party, he championed the cause of Catholic emancipation and was involved
in the governing of India.
