“ Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and not a series of unconnected acts. ”
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
|---|---|
| Source | Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Topic | prejudice virtue |
| Date | 1790 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Revolution_in_France |
Context
“application in the emergency; it previously engages the mind in a steady
course of wisdom and virtue and does not leave the man hesitating in the
moment of decision skeptical, puzzled, and unresolved. Prejudice renders a
man's virtue his habit, and not a series of unconnected acts. Through just
prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.
Your literary men and your politicians, and so do the whole clan of the
enlightened among us, essentially differ in these points. They have no”
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