An Editorial There is a famous story told of the great statesman (and farmer) Marcus Cato. Despite his own fearsome reputation in war and politics, Cato professed to scorn the honor of a physical monument to his achievements. “When any seemed to wonder,” writes...
A Moral Enterprise: Politics, Reason, and the Human Good: Essays in Honor of Francis Canavan, (eds.) Kenneth L. Grasso and Robert P. Hunt, (ISI Books, Wilmington, Delaware, 2002). A Review Fr. Francis Canavan, S.J., has made a deep impact upon Burke studies in the...
Feature Article French Laurence and the Legacy of Edmund Burke The artist Joseph Farington recorded the death of Edmund Burke rather monochromatically in his diary: “He died of an atrophy and suffered little pain,—He had spit blood and wasted away. Dr. Lawrence [sic]...
The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Volume VII: India. The Hastings Trial 1789-1794, Edited by P. J. Marshall, Clarendon Press (Oxford), 2000 A Review This volume is the seventh to appear in the new Oxford edition of Burke’s works under the general editorship...
First, Edmund Burke was a Christian, despite the doubts that critics have expressed about his faith. But he was the child of a mixed marriage between a Catholic mother and a Protestant father, a member of the Established Church of Ireland. Because Edmund was somewhat...
