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Michael Oakeshott

Born

in Chelsfield, Bromley, England, The United Kingdom

December 13, 1901

Died

December 19, 1990

Genre

Philosophy, History

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English philosopher and political theorist who wrote about philosophy of history, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, and philosophy of law. He is widely regarded as one of the most important conservative thinkers of the 20th century, although he has sometimes been characterized as a liberal thinker.
Oakeshott was dismayed by the descent into political extremism that took place in Europe in the 1930s, and his surviving lectures from this period reveal a dislike of National Socialism and Marxism.
In 1945, Oakeshott was demobilized and returned to Cambridge for two years. In 1947, he left Cambridge for Nuffield College, Oxford. After only a year, he secured an appointment as Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics (LSE) ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 846 ratings · 69 reviews · 63 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rationalism in Politics and other essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1962 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Scepticism by Michael Oakeshott, Timothy Fuller (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VOICE OF LIBERAL LEARNING, THE by Michael Oakeshott, Timothy Fuller 4.25 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Human Conduct 4.30 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conservadorismo by Michael Oakeshott, André Bezamat (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On History and Other Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Experience and its Modes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1933 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ser conservador y otros ensayos escépticos (El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias sociales) by Michael Oakeshott, Jorge del Palacio Martín (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures in the History of Political Thought: Michael Oakeshott Selected Writings by Michael Oakeshott, Terry Nardin (Editor), Luke O'Sullivan (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hobbes on Civil Association 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.”
― Michael Joseph Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays

tags: conservatism, satisfaction

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“Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.”
― Michael Oakeshott

tags: art, dream, poetry

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“The rule of law bakes no bread, it is unable to distribute loaves or fishes (it has none), and it cannot protect itself against external assault, but it remains the most civilized and least burdensome conception of a state yet to be devised.”
― Michael Joseph Oakeshott, On history and other essays

tags: rule-of-law

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