Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797) was an important Irish politician, and writer. Many people consider Burke to be one of the founders of conservatism. He became a member of the British House of Commons in 1765, and was known for his support for the American Revolution and his attacks against the French Revolution. His most famous book was Reflections on the Revolution in France, which created many of the ideas in conservatism. Some of his other writings include the book A Vindication of Natural Society: A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind and the treatise on beauty A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origins of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. He was also one of the founders of the Annual Register, a review of politics which was published every year and had information on the history of the last year.

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• Works by Edmund Burke at Project Gutenberg (including his collected works in 12 volumes)