Edmund Burke: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Edmund Burke, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

Burke said society is a partnership between the living, the dead, and the unborn
In Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Edmund Burke attacked the Revolution's attempt to rebuild government from abstract first principles, arguing a society's customs …
— Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Why a terrifying storm, viewed from safety, can feel beautiful
In 1756, Edmund Burke argued that beauty and 'the sublime' are opposite aesthetic experiences: beauty pleases through harmony and smallness, while the sublime moves us through vast…
— Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

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