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Lecture 1 - Rights Under Two Revolutions: 00:00
Lecture 2 - Lord Acton on Revolution: 00:43:47
In Rights Under Two Revolutions, Kirk compares the French Revolution and the American struggle for rights under English law that led to the formation of the United States.
In Lord Acton on Revolution, Kirk gives a series of reflections on Lord Acton’s enduring contributions to our understanding of freedom, expressing great appreciation for Acton’s view that “liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience,” and that, “It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together.”
In his early writings, Acton would refer to revolutions as “a malady, a frenzy, an interruption of the nation’s growth, sometimes fatal to its existence, often to its independence,” agreeing with Edmund Burke that the French Revolution was “the enemy of liberty.”
Lecture 1 - Rights Under Two Revolutions: 00:00
Lecture 2 - Lord Acton on Revolution: 00:43:47
In Rights Under Two Revolutions, Kirk compares the French Revolution and the American struggle for rights under English law that led to the formation of the United States.
In Lord Acton on Revolution, Kirk gives a series of reflections on Lord Acton’s enduring contributions to our understanding of freedom, expressing great appreciation for Acton’s view that “liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience,” and that, “It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together.”
In his early writings, Acton would refer to revolutions as “a malady, a frenzy, an interruption of the nation’s growth, sometimes fatal to its existence, often to its independence,” agreeing with Edmund Burke that the French Revolution was “the enemy of liberty.”
