"A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Era18th-/19th-century philosophyRegionWestern philosophyMain interestsSocial philosophy and political philosophy, aestheticsNotable ideasAesthetic sublime, literary sublimeInfluencesCiceroLonginusSaint AugustineEdward CokeJohn MiltonJohn DennisEdward YoungMontesquieuWilliam BlackstoneDavid HumeRockinghamJoshua ReynoldsSamuel JohnsonEdward GibbonInfluencedAdam SmithEdward GibbonAlexis de TocquevilleThomas Babington MacaulayJohn Stuart MillImmanuel KantLord ActonWilliam Ewart GladstoneFriedrich HayekWilliam WordsworthSamuel Taylor ColeridgeWilliam HazlittJoseph de MaistreEdmund Burke (/ˈbɜːrk/; 12 January [NS] 1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of parliament (MP) between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.11.2019)