Essays · Character
Mr. Burke
British statesman and critic of the French Revolution, rebutted by Paine.
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First appearance: dissertation on first principles of government
Mr. Burke's tie to François Noel Babeuf is one of the pressures that moves Essays—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Mentioned indirectly as a representative of royalist reasoning that the chapter refutes.
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- Figures opposing hereditary rule
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- François Noel Babeuf
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- Thomas Paine
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