A Vindication of Natural Society: or, A View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society. In a Letter to Lord **** By a late Noble Writer

TitleA Vindication of Natural Society: or, A View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society. In a Letter to Lord **** By a late Noble Writer
Year for Search1756
Authors[Burke], [Edmund](1729/30-97)
Tertiary AuthorsA Late Nobe Writer, [pseud.]
Date Published1756
PublisherPtd. for M. Cooper
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Irish author
Annotation

Satire on the idealization of the state of nature.

Additional Publishers

2nd ed. London: Ptd. for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 adds The Second Edition: With a New Preface to the title. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 1-38.

Pseudonym

A Late Noble Writer [pseud.].

Author Note

The author (1729/30-97) was born and raised in Ireland but spent much of his life in England, where he served in Parliament for many years.

Full Text

1756 [Burke, Edmund] (1729/30-97). A Vindication of Natural Society: or, A View of the Miseries and Evils arising to Mankind from every Species of Artificial Society. In a Letter to Lord **** By a late Noble Writer. London: Ptd. for M. Cooper. 2nd ed. London: Ptd. for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 adds The Second Edition: With a New Preface to the title. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 1-38. PSt

Satire on the idealization of the state of nature. The author was born and raised in Ireland but spent much of his life in England, where he served in Parliament for many years.