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Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was an author, statesman, and publicist, born in Dublin. He was an MP in the House of Commons between 1766 and 1794. His writings include A Vindication of Natural Society, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, Letters on a Regicide Peace, and Thoughts and Details on Scarcity.