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On History, and Other Essays by Michael Joseph Oakeshott is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>In five essays, including three on historiography, one of the greatest minds in English political thought in the twentieth century explores themes central to the human experience: the nature of history, the rule of law, and the quest for power that is intrinsic to the human condition. Michael Oakeshott believed, as Timothy Fuller observes, that “the historian’s effort to understand the past without ulterior motive [is the] effort which distinguishes the historian as historian from all who exa
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael Joseph Oakeshott
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc; First Printing édition
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780865972667
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Law, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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