TY - BOOK AU - Oakeshott,Michael TI - On human conduct SN - 9780198277583 U1 - 320 PY - 1975/// CY - Oxford PB - Clarendon Press KW - Political science KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes index; 1. On the theoretical understanding of human conduct -- 2. On the civil condition -- 3. On the character of a modern European state N2 - Running through the work is Professor Oakshott's belief in philosophical reflection as an adventure: the adventure of one who seeks to understand in other terms what he already understands, and where the understanding is sought is a disclosure of the conditions of the understanding enjoyed and not a substitute for it ER -