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Episode 151: Edmund Burke’s Conservatism

November 7, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 10 Comments

On Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Writing after the revolution but before the terror, Burke was alarmed at intellectual fads in England that paid homage to the principles driving what happened in France: the right of people to choose their own government, to elect their leaders, and depose those that violate citizens' rights. So, given that these principles  Continue Reading …

Ep. 151: Edmund Burke’s Conservatism (Citizen Edition)

November 5, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

On Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Writing after the revolution but before the terror, Burke was alarmed at intellectual fads in England that paid homage to the principles driving what happened in France: the right of people to choose their own government, to elect their leaders, and depose those that violate citizens' rights. So, given that these principles  Continue Reading …

Episode 107: Edmund Burke on the Sublime

December 19, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer 13 Comments

On A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1756), parts I, II, and his later intro essay, "On Taste." Are people's tastes basically the same? Burke says yes: they're rooted in our common reactions to pain and pleasure, those two are not opposites, but simply quite different properties, each associated with a different set of  Continue Reading …

Episode 107: Edmund Burke on the Sublime (Citizen Edition)

December 19, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

On A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1756), parts I, II, and his later intro essay, "On Taste." Are people's tastes basically the same? Burke says yes: they're rooted in our common reactions to pain and pleasure, those two are not opposites, but simply quite different properties, each associated with a different set of  Continue Reading …

Topic for #107: Edmund Burke on the Sublime

December 19, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

December craziness is making it hard for me to get around to writing decent summaries, so this will be a very immanent announcement; the ep should be soon: On Dec. 2, Seth, Dylan, and I were joined by photographer Amir Zaki to discuss Edmund Burke's A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, parts I, II, and the 2nd-edition  Continue Reading …

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