# Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/edmund-burke-intellectuals-and-the-french-revolution-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** October 26, 2016

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Edmund Burke condemned the French Revolution as a “digest of anarchy.” What relevance does his critique have for the modern libertarian movement?

[Originally published in essay form on March 14, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/edmund-burke-intellectuals-french-revolution-part-1)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._