A highly readable new collection of almost 30 pieces by Michael Oakeshott, almost all of which are previously unpublished, covering every decade of his intellectual career. The essays were intended mostly for lectures or seminars and retain and informal style that makes them accessible to new readers as well as those already familiar with Oakeshott's work.
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"... essays which are masterpieces of their kind, from a subtle, unconventional thinker whose insights deserve a wider audience." -- Jonathan Sumption, Spectator
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There is a branch of study, which goes by the name of Historiography, which makes it its business to examine the methods of research employed by Historians, and in the end to deduce some general principles about the writing of history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
typescript with autograph corrections, intellectual occurrence, intellectual legend, conditional platform, intellectual past, historical enquiry, past composed, substantive activity, human inheritance, satisfying wants, current manner Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Empire, Sir Henry Jones, Bill of Rights, New Science of Politics, Law of Human Nature, Natural Law, Historical Tripos, Liberal Democracy, Marsilius of Padua, Professor Butterfield, Ethical Studies, House of Commons, Law of Reason, Liberal Democratic, Professor Voegelin, Representative Democracy, The Whig Interpretation of History, William James, Frederick the Great, Hitler's Germany, Homo Ludens, Magna Charta, Marcus Aurelius New!
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There is a branch of study, which goes by the name of Historiography, which makes it its business to examine the methods of research employed by Historians, and in the end to deduce some general principles about the writing of history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
typescript with autograph corrections, intellectual occurrence, intellectual legend, conditional platform, intellectual past, historical enquiry, past composed, substantive activity, human inheritance, satisfying wants, current manner Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Empire, Sir Henry Jones, Bill of Rights, New Science of Politics, Law of Human Nature, Natural Law, Historical Tripos, Liberal Democracy, Marsilius of Padua, Professor Butterfield, Ethical Studies, House of Commons, Law of Reason, Liberal Democratic, Professor Voegelin, Representative Democracy, The Whig Interpretation of History, William James, Frederick the Great, Hitler's Germany, Homo Ludens, Magna Charta, Marcus Aurelius New!
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- What Is History? by Edward Hallet Carr on 7 pages
- What Is History? by E H Carr on 7 pages
- Experience and its Modes (Cambridge Paperback Library) by Michael Oakeshott on 5 pages
- On Human Conduct (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Michael Oakeshott on 4 pages
- Between Past and Future (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Hannah Arendt on 4 pages
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- The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Oakeshott by Corey Abel on 7 pages
- Michael Oakeshott: An Introduction by Professor Paul Franco in Front Matter, page 136, and Back Matter
- In Defence of Modernity: Vision and Philosophy in Michael Oakeshott (British Idealist Studies: Series 1: Oakeshott) by Efraim Podoksik on page 98, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- From a Necessary Evil to an Art of Contingency: Michael Oakeshott's Conception of Political Activity (British Idealist Studies: Series 1: Oakeshott) (British Idealism Studies: Oakeshott) by Suvi Soininen in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Lectures in the History of Political Thought (Michael Oakeshott: Selected Writings) by Michael Oakeshott in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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