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Work #459 · Late

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Edmund Burke
1790 · English
Political pamphlet · Anglo-Irish conservative political thought

Burke's 1790 foundational conservative critique of the French Revolution

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Attribute Reflections on the Revolution in France (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Reflections on the Revolution in France

The historical time of inherited tradition.

Space

Reflections on the Revolution in France

The political space of the ancient constitution.

Matter

Reflections on the Revolution in France

The embodied inherited political community.

Observer

Reflections on the Revolution in France

The prudent statesman / citizen.

Energy

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Energies of ordered inherited liberty.

Information

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Foundational conservative-traditionalist framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Burke's conservatism in continuing controversy with revolutionary, liberal-rationalist, and socialist traditions.