3 Quarks Daily • 2/18/2026

The article "A History of Revolution from Thucydides to Lenin" by Richard Bourke in Literary Review discusses the significance of the term 'revolution' in political discourse. It highlights key historical events associated with the concept, including the English Revolution of the mid-17th century, the French Revolution of 1789, the revolutions of 1848, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Chinese Revolution beginning in 1927.
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