Böcker av Peter Stanlis

The discussions between Peter Stanlis and Robert Frost were held between six consecutive summers (1939-1944), when Stanlis was a student at the Bread Loaf Graduate School of English. These conversations provide original insights on important subjects common to both men. This title features these core conversations.

A collection of the important works and speeches of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), British statesman, political philosopher, and founder of modern conservative thought. This work provides a general introduction that gives important insight into Burke's early life, education, professional training, literary and political career, prose style, and more.

Today the idea of natural law as the basic ingredient in moral, legal, and political thought presents a challenge not faced for almost two hundred years

In this unique book, Peter J. Stanlis, the leading Burke scholar in America, has collected all the most important works and speeches of Edmund Burke (1729-1797), British statesman, political philosopher, and founder of modern conservative thought and, with due care to preserve the beauty of Burke's prose, edited them down to their essentials

These core conversations between Peter Stanlis and Robert Frost occurred during 1939-1941

This study of Edmund Burke and his philosophy, originally published in 1958, explores his relationship to, and belief in, the natural law. It shows that Burke appealed to natural law in the political problems he encountered in American, Irish, and Indian affairs.