On the recordJanuary 1, 1790
You lay down metaphysic propositions which infer universal consequences, and then you attempt to limit logic by despotism.
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Edmund Burke
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From his critique of the French Revolution, Burke argues that the revolutionaries apply abstract principles inconsistently and despotically.
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