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In 1764 the painter Joshua Reynolds and writer Samuel Johnson founded a dining club known as the "Literary Club" which met regularly to eat and talk (being the nature of things). Which one of these Enlightenment writers did NOT belong to this club?
a. James Boswell
b. Edmund Burke
c. Edward Gibbon
d. David Hume
e. Adam Smith
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Edmund Burke

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born

January 12, 1729

died

July 09, 1797

gender

male

place of birth

Dublin, Ireland

genre

Politics

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Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the American colonies in the dispute with King George III and Great Britain that led to the American Revolution and for his strong opposition to the French Revolution. The latter made Burke one of the leading figures within the conservative faction of the Whig party (which he dubbed the "Old Whigs"), in opposition to the pro-French-Revolution "New Whigs", led by Charles James Fox. Burke also published a philosophical work where he attempted to define emotions and passions, and how they are triggere...more

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avg rating: 3.62 | 386 ratings | 35 reviews | 66 distinct works | 1 fan

	Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke avg rating 3.52 — 158 ratings — published 1955 24 editions	my rating:
	A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke avg rating 3.69 — 122 ratings — published 1958 21 editions	my rating:
	The Portable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke avg rating 4.40 — 10 ratings — published 1999	my rating:
	Two Classics of the French Revolution: Reflections on the Revolution in France & The Rights of Man by Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1961 4 editions	my rating:
	On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters by Edmund Burke avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	A Philosophical Enquiry...and Other Pre-Revolutionary Writings by Edmund Burke avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1999	my rating:
	Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches by Edmund Burke avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1997	my rating:
	Select Works of Edmund Burke: Thoughts on the Present Discontents : The Two Speeches on America by Edmund Burke, Francis Canavan, Edward John Payne avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1999	my rating:
	Empire and Community: Edmund Burke's Writings and Speeches on International Relations by Edmund Burke avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1999 2 editions	my rating:
	The Works of Edmund Burke: Volume 1 by Edmund Burke avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2006	my rating: