Burke is such a bold presumer, and advances his assertions and his premises with such a deficiency of judgment, that, without troubling ourselves about principles of philosophy or politics, the mere logical conclusions they produce, are ridiculous.
In "Rights of Man," Paine criticizes Edmund Burke's arguments as logically ridiculous due to his presumptuous assertions and lack of judgment.
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