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Edmund Burke: By what they call reasoning without prejudice, they leave not one stone upon another in the fabric of human society.

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By what they call reasoning without prejudice, they leave not one stone upon another in the fabric of human society.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke critiques reasoning that disregards established societal structures, warning of its destructive consequences.

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