BF190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Age Of Enlightenment, Toleration, Montesquieu
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~ conservative - celebrant of freedom (stephen harper = big fan) ~ reading is response to letter of someone who assumes he would be on the side of the french revolution. ~ this (my) generation does not have right to any revolutionary change. ~ obligation to what you have inherited when you were born. ~ progressive thinker but *hardcore patriot* to england - arrogance of higher class. ~ doesn"t believe in the divine right that grounded traditional monarchical authority. ~ liberty for the sake of liberty led to the most atrocious acts. ~ common theme - detestation of injustice, abuse of power. ~ whig friends - supported glorious revolution, advocate religious toleration, supported american revolution, protection of people in india. ~ most remembered for disagreement with the excesses of french revolution. ~ he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skills. ~ most astonishing revolution that has happened in the world.
