... it is with infinite caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility... A History of England in the Eighteenth Century - Página 467por William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George F. E. Rudé - 1991 - 246 páginas
...an uncharted path of renovation. 'It is with infinite caution', he proclaimed, 'that any man should venture upon pulling down an edifice, which has answered...tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.'... | |
| Luc Ferry - 1992 - 218 páginas
...experience even than any person can gain in his whole life," it should definitely be imprudent to "pull down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society" (p. 59). On the Aristotelian version of this criticism of a politics deduced from theory, see Pierre... | |
| David Wootton - 1996 - 964 páginas
...science of government being therefore so practical in itself and intended for such practical purposes — or on building it up again without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1997 - 720 páginas
...science of government being, therefore, so practical in itself, and intended for such practical purposes, a matter which requires experience, and even more...tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.... | |
| Jerry Z. Muller - 1997 - 476 páginas
...science of government being therefore so practical in itself, and intended for such practical purposes, a matter which requires experience, and even more...tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society, or on building it up again, without having models and patterns of approved utility before his eyes.... | |
| James W. Vice - 1998 - 300 páginas
...which they did not hold.) As Burke justified his conservatism: "it is with infinite caution that a man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice...tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society" (R: 70). This is especially apt when some considerable degree of freedom has been enjoyed: "...to form... | |
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