Reflections on The Revolution in France And Other Writings

Amid the 18th century’s golden generation that included his companions Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson and Edward Gibbon, Burke’s controversial mixture of conservative and subversive theories made him first a marginal figure, and finally a revered theorist – a hero of the Romantics.

In mijlocul generatiei de aur a secolului al XVIII-lea, care i-a inclus pe tovarasii sai Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson si Edward Gibbon, amestecul controversat al lui Burke de teorii conservatoare si subversive l-a facut mai intai o figura marginala si, in cele din urma, un teoretician venerat - un erou al romanticilor.