Edmund Burke

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:political_leaders
gptkbp:advocated_for gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:monarchy
traditionalism
social order
gptkbp:argued_on moral responsibility
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:belief gradual change
in the rule of law
gptkbp:birth_date January 12, 1729
gptkbp:born January 12, 1729
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Burke
gptkb:Edmund_Burke_Jr.
Juliana Burke
Charles Burke
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:British_politics
political discourse
theory of aesthetics
theory of conservatism
gptkbp:contribution defense of tradition
advocacy for gradual change
critique of the French Revolution
emphasis on social order
importance of established institutions
gptkbp:death_date July 9, 1797
gptkbp:depicted_in father of modern conservatism
gptkbp:died July 9, 1797
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Beaconsfield,_England
gptkbp:emphasizes importance of tradition
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“ To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.”
“ A state without the means of some change is without the means of its own conservation.”
“ Society is a contract.”
“ All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.”
gptkbp:has_influence_on gptkb:political_theory
conservative thought
reactionary politics
liberal conservatism
modern conservatism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edmund Burke
gptkbp:influence empiricism
romanticism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:political_theory
liberalism
conservatism
modern political thought
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Hannah_Arendt
gptkb:David_Ricardo
gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:Edmund_Spenser
gptkb:Jeremy_Bentham
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:John_Bunyan
gptkb:John_Dewey
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:Judith_Butler
gptkb:Max_Weber
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkb:Thomas_More
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:Michel_Foucault
gptkb:Cornel_West
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Richard_Hooker
gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Slavoj_Žižek
gptkb:Joseph_Addison
gptkb:Charles_Montesquieu
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:18th_century
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkb:Thomas_Paine
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Karl_Marx
utilitarianism
gptkbp:is_opposed_by radical change
gptkbp:is_remembered_for his philosophical writings
his eloquent speeches
his opposition to the French Revolution
his writings on aesthetics
his views on government
his speeches in Parliament
his critiques of radicalism
his defense of the American colonies
his views on the role of government
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:law
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France
gptkb:A_Vindication_of_Natural_Society
gptkb:political_theory
The Sublime and Beautiful
his writings on aesthetics
his advocacy for tradition and gradual change
his criticism of the French Revolution
his views on society and government
gptkbp:nationality Irish
gptkbp:notable_burials St. John's Churchyard, Beaconsfield
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Politician
gptkb:political_leaders
gptkb:Member_of_Parliament
gptkb:orcas
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:tradition
conservatism
social contract
gptkbp:published gptkb:A_Vindication_of_Natural_Society
The Sublime and Beautiful
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Lord_Lieutenant_of_Bristol
gptkb:Member_of_Parliament
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Burke
gptkbp:supported gptkb:colonialism
gptkbp:view society as a contract
gptkbp:was_educated_at gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_French_Revolution
gptkb:The_Annual_Register
gptkb:Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France
gptkb:A_Vindication_of_Natural_Society
gptkb:Thoughts_on_the_Cause_of_the_Present_Discontents
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
The Sublime and Beautiful
An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs
Letters on a Regicide Peace
The Present Discontents
A Letter to a Noble Lord
A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:G._K._Chesterton
gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
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