edmund-burke

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Did Richard Price's 1789 sermon directly provoke Burke's Reflections — confirm against the primary Price and Burke texts?

capture promoted 2026-08-27 · richard-price, edmund-burke, revolution-controversy, political-philosophy, enlightenment
Burke's Reflections rebuts Richard Price by name, page-cited quotation, and verbatim citation — not by vague thematic association

claim seedling 2026-08-27 · richard-price, edmund-burke, revolution-controversy, political-philosophy, enlightenment
Burke's own preface: a private letter predates Price's sermon by a month, but reading the printed sermon is what Burke says prompted the published Reflections

claim seedling 2026-08-27 · richard-price, edmund-burke, revolution-controversy, political-philosophy, enlightenment
Price's 1789 Discourse itself celebrates the French Revolution as a continuation of England's 1688 and America's revolutions

claim seedling 2026-08-27 · richard-price, edmund-burke, revolution-controversy, political-philosophy, enlightenment