On Human Conduct

by Michael Oakeshott

Book Overview

On Human Conduct is composed of three connected essays. Each has its own concern: the first with theoretical understanding, and with human conduct in general; the second with an ideal mode of human relationship which the author has called civil association; and the third with that ambiguous, historic association commonly called a modern European state.
Running through the work is Professor Oakshott's belief in philosophical reflection as an adventure:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019827758X
• ISBN13: 9780198277583
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"