Reflections on the Revolution in France

Recorded talks in this archive that name this book, each linked to the moment it comes up:

• Thomas Paine: From Pirate to Revolutionary

  Jeff Riggenbach · The Libertarian Tradition

  … had written The Rights of Man in defense of the French Revolution in reply to Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which the famed member of parliament who had supported the American Revolution severely criticized the French …

  Hear it at 21:25

• William Godwin (1756–1836)

  Jeff Riggenbach · The Libertarian Tradition

  … to arrange funding to enable him to devote his full time for nearly a year and a half to writing a book-length reply to Edmund Burke's notorious book-length Reflections on the Revolution in France, which had been published in 1790.

  Hear it at 8:38