# Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/edmund-burke-intellectuals-and-the-french-revolution-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** November 2, 2016

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After criticizing Murray Rothbard’s interpretation of Edmund Burke’s first book, Smith summarizes Burke’s primary objections to rationalistic intellectuals.

[Originally published in essay form on March 21, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/edmund-burke-intellectuals-french-revolution-part-2)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._