Michael Oakeshott Quotes

The conjunction of ruling and dreaming generates tyranny.

The conjunction of ruling and dreaming generates tyranny.

Michael Oakeshott

Tags: conservatism, freedom, liberty, tyrrany

Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.

Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.

Michael Oakeshott

Tags: art, dream, poetry

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Michael Joseph Oakeshott FBA (; 11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher and political theorist who wrote on the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law.