Conservatives such as Burke believed all the following to be true EXCEPT
A) human nature and social relations are too complex to be subject to social engineering.
B) the Enlightenment and revolutionaries had reduced people to abstractions divorced from their historical environment.
C) individuals have only limited intelligence and must rely on "the general bank and capital of nations and of the ages."
D) beneficial institutions need not be rational or intellectually elegant.
E) society is a complex mechanism that should be overhauled.

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Conservatives such as Burke did not believe that society should be overhauled, but rather that institutions should be based on tradition and experience rather than abstract theories or a desire for change.

Conservatives Such as Burke Believed All the Following to Be