“For history and for science facts are self-evident and are the subject-matter of these studies, but for philosophy they are the most puzzling things imaginable, and when they are really discovered its part is played.” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“in modern philosophy, the first glimpse of the true view of the conception of ‘might is right’ as applying to government is to be found in the political writings of Spinoza. Briefly it is this. Government, as such, has a… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“For there is not so complete and perfect a part that we know of nature, which does not owe the being it has, and… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“to think nothing about the opinion of his society (if he be in any sense a member) is to be unconsciously influenced by it.” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“For history and for science facts are self-evident and are the subject-matter of these studies, but for philosophy they are the most puzzling things… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“To theorize’ means, to see as a whole. The actual is a small part of the whole, or a single aspect of it, which,… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“Image the whole, then execute the parts— Fancy the fabric Quite, ere you build, ere steel strike fire from quartz Ere mortar dab brick!” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“the first rule of Moritz Haupt for interpreting the classics,—‘Man soll nicht übersetzen.’ [‘Do not translate’:” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“Property was thus appall’d / That the self was not the same / Single nature’s double name / Neither two nor one was call’d.” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“a child might possibly change his country; a man can only wish that he might change it.” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“England in August 1914 was more of a state than she was during the great industrial strikes of 1911–1912.” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“To define a thing is to see it clearly, to see it as distinct from other things and at the same time to see… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“in modern philosophy, the first glimpse of the true view of the conception of ‘might is right’ as applying to government is to be… — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
