An Historical, Political, and Moral Essay on Revolutions.
This essay on revolutions, edited by Deboffe at London, proposes an ingenious parallel between the revolutions of antiquity and the French Revolution. It reveals a troubled 30-year-old Chateaubriand torn between the irreligious skepticism of the 18th century and the need for faith. In confidential notes, scribbled a little later in the margins of this work, the author stresses more boldly his.
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Chateaubriand. Pronounce it: Shat-oh-bree-ond. Classically, Chateaubriand referred to a dish rather than to a cut of steak. Created in the early 19th century, it was a piece cut from the thickest part of fillet steak and stuffed with seasoned beef marrow. As it was meant to serve two or three diners it was very thick and thus likely to burn on the outside before the centre was acceptably.
His written works cited here include a long essay on ancient and modern revolutions, an analysis of French history, an influential defence of the faith and moral sense of Christianity and six volumes of posthumously published memoirs. Chateaubriand was convinced that Christian faith and moral virtue were what mattered in human history, not different combinations of political ideas.
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But perhaps more importantly, notwithstanding his position on the age of the earth, Chateaubriand's historical vision, much like the great naturalists of his time, portrays a universe in which the evidence of multiple past revolutions only proves that European man does not stand at the center of the historical system but rather as a diminished figure on history's margins. It is in this sense.
Editorial team. General Editors: David Bourget (Western Ontario) David Chalmers (ANU, NYU) Area Editors: David Bourget Gwen Bradford.