On human conduct / Michael Oakeshott.

By:

Oakeshott, Michael, 1901-1990

Material type:

TextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, c1975.Description: 329 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198277583

Subject(s):

Political science -- Philosophy

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Contents:

1. On the theoretical understanding of human conduct -- 2. On the civil condition -- 3. On the character of a modern European state.

Summary: 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.

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Includes index.

1. On the theoretical understanding of human conduct --
2. On the civil condition --
3. On the character of a modern European state.

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.

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