| University of Sydney - 1906 - 738 страница
...he deduce against the principles and methods of the French Revolution ? 2. " Instead of casting away our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable...ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices." What is Burke's meaning ? 8. On what grounds did Burke base his prediction that the Revolution would... | |
| 1920 - 498 страница
...as the ultimate ground of the antagonism, frankly and finely declared that "instead of casting away our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable...ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices (the italics are my own); and the longer they have lasted and the more generally they have prevailed,... | |
| Francis McDougall Charlewood Turner - 1926 - 128 страница
...admiration for the subject gathers force. His famous defence of prejudice is a good example. You see, Sir, in this enlightened age I am bold enough to confess that we [ie the English contrasted with the French] are generally men of untaught feelings; that instead of... | |
| John Cannon - 1984 - 208 страница
...acceptance into a philosophical system: 'instead of casting away our old prejudices, we cherish them to a considerable degree, and, to take more shame to ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices ... It is the misfortune (not, as these gentlemen think it, the glory) of this age, that everything... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1984 - 512 страница
...on their imperviousness to the philosophy of enlightenment. We cherish our prejudices, he continues, "and to take more shame to ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices." "Our men of speculation" (one of his few approving references to this breed), instead of exploding... | |
| James Boyd White - 1985 - 400 страница
...are real, not merely theoretical: the deepest commitments of self to community. You see, Sir, that in this enlightened age I am bold enough to confess, that we are men of untaught feelings; that instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a... | |
| Reinhard Bendix - 386 страница
...In this enlightened age 1 am bold enough to confess thai we are generally men of untaught feeling; that instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable extent, and, to take more shame to ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices We are afraid... | |
| Dietmar Schloss - 1992 - 158 страница
..."prejudice." Prejudice, the "coat" of man's mind, is the cornerstone of Burke's theory of understanding: ... in this enlightened age I am bold enough to confess, that we [the British, as opposed to the French] are generally men of untaught feelings; that instead of casting... | |
| Paul-Gabriel Boucé - 1993 - 212 страница
...natural to bc affected ; because all other feelings are false and spurious .... You see, Sir, that in this enlightened age I am bold enough to confess,...generally men of untaught feelings ; that instead of washing away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable degree. and so, back to... | |
| Claude Julien Rawson - 2000 - 332 страница
...natural to he affected; hecause all other feelings are false and spurious . . . You see, Sir, that in this enlightened age I am bold enough to confess,...casting away all our old prejudices ... we cherish them hecause they are prejudices . . . [italics areBurke's].140 By the time we get back to the defence of... | |
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