Francis Canavan (1917-2009) was Professor of Political Science at Fordham University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. This is Burkes most famous work, for over two centuries read, discussed, and pondered by thousands of students and general readers as well as by professional scholars. In addition, he articulates a coherent political countertheory that organizes his own beliefs about God, humanity, and society. He attempts not only to explain the events of the new revolution to his readers but also to persuade them that the revolution menaces the civilization of Europe in general and that of Britain in particular. In it, he excoriates French revolutionary leaders for recklessly destroying Frances venerable institutions and way of life. Volume 2 consists of Burkes most renowned work, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Francis Canavan, one of the great Burke scholars of the twentieth century, has added forewords. Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France is most famous and controversial for Burkes opposition to the philosophy behind the Revolution. In the first letter I had the honor to write to you, and which at length I send, I wrote neither for, nor from, any description of men, nor shall I in this. It was from attention to you, and to you only, that I hesitated at the time when you first desired to receive them.

Faithfully reproduced in each volume are E. 4/Edmund Burke either communicated or withheld. Book Synopsis Originally published by Oxford University Press in the 1890s, the famed three-volume Payne edition of Select Works is universally revered by students of English history and political thought.

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