The beginning of this work is notably anti-Semitic and draws a distinction between the author's home and the one addressed by discussing the case of "Lord George Gordon fast in Newgate." Calling nobility "the Corintian capital of a polished society," this work's political philosophy is centered on the idea that, as the peop
The beginning of this work is notably anti-Semitic and draws a distinction between the author's home and the one addressed by discussing the case of "Lord George Gordon fast in Newgate." Calling nobility "the Corintian capital of a polished society," this work's political philosophy is centered on the idea that, as the people are "prejudiced," any government not taking advantage of their ignorance is doomed to instability. It was closely followed by An Appeal and by Paine's Rights of Man, which is a response to it. FTP, name this early work of social history which was originally addressed to Charles-Jean-Fran?is Depont, "a very young gentlemen in Paris;" a lengthy letter about the French Revolution by Edmund Burke.
The beginning of this work is notably anti-Semitic and draws a distinction between the author's home and the one addressed by discussing the case of "Lord George Gordon fast in Newgate.
Reflections on the Revolution in France