| C. A. Bowers - Education - 1993 - 242 pages
...thus of the myriad dimensions of thinking. Echoing Edmund Burke's statement that "the nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity," 24 they recognize a dimension of knowledge that is as antithetical to the views of Hirsch, Adler, Bloom,... | |
| Hugh Ragsdale - History - 1996 - 332 pages
...American constitution: division of power, and checks and balances. Burke observed that "the nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs." 2 Kiev did not, of course, have the benefit of this political wisdom, but its government reflected... | |
| Joseph James Chambliss - Education - 1996 - 742 pages
...violence that characterized the French Revolution, was based on his belief that "the nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...to man's nature or to the quality of his affairs" (1962: 92). Other philosophical conservatives include Samuel T. Coleridge (1772-1834), who criticized... | |
| David Wootton - Political Science - 1996 - 964 pages
...talk of them as if they continued in the simplicity of their original direction. The nature of man R U l ! l ! l ! When I hear the simplicity of contrivance aimed at and boasted of in any new political constitutions,... | |
| Hugh Ragsdale - History - 1996 - 336 pages
...American constitution: division of power, and checks and balances. Burke observed that "the nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs."2 Kiev did not, of course, have the benefit of this political wisdom, but its government reflected... | |
| Jerry Z. Muller - History - 1997 - 476 pages
...talk of them as if they continued in the simplicity of their original direction. The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs. When I hear the simplicity of contrivance aimed at and boasted of in any new political constitutions,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1997 - 720 pages
...talk of them as if they continued in the simplicity of their original direction. The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...to man's nature or to the quality of his affairs. When I hear the simplicity of contrivance aimed at and boasted of in any new political constitutions,... | |
| Andrew Koppelman - Law - 1998 - 292 pages
...with other considerations, Edmund Burke's warning presses on us with some urgency: The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs. ... If you were to contemplate society in but one point of view, all these simple modes of polity are... | |
| Nicholas B. Dirks - Social Science - 1998 - 328 pages
...that "the science of constructing a commonwealth is not to be taught a priori — The nature of man is intricate; the objects of society are of the greatest...suitable either to man's nature, or to the quality of his affairs."24 Ann Bermingham argues that Burke's conservatism and his concomitant commitment to complexity... | |
| Dane R. Gordon - Ethics - 1998 - 232 pages
...objects of society are of greatest possible complexity: and therefore no simple disposition or distortion of power can be suitable either to man's nature or to the quality of his affairs...."1 Elsewhere he wrote, "Politics ought to be adjusted, not to human reasonings, but to human... | |
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