Burke, Edmund
1729-1797
1729-1797
Anglo-Irish statesman, author, philosopher
member of England's House of Commons, Whig Party.
supported the American colonists in dispute with Britain.
against the French Revolution.
member of England's House of Commons, Whig Party.
supported the American colonists in dispute with Britain.
against the French Revolution.
| I have heard that there was a great thinker in England by the name of Edmund Burke. Once he was invited to give a lecture in a church in a small village near London. But he was known as an absent-minded person; very often he used to forget the time and date of his lectures. Sometimes he used to arrive at the place on the following day. But this time the host had urged him over and over again to arrive at the church in time and on the right date, so he also tried to be extra careful about this invitation. It was some anniversary of the church and he had to be there at seven in the evening... --Osho The Song of Ecstasy, ch. 3 |
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