Philosopher

Michael Oakeshott

Overview

Michael Joseph Oakeshott (11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher. He is known for his contributions to the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Michael Oakeshott

• Thomas Hobbes
• Sheldon Wolin
• John Grote

Ideas Michael Oakeshott discusses

• Analogy
• Georg Simmel
• Fascism
• Neo-Kantianism
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Historian
• Western philosophy
• Hugh Trevor-Roper
• Profit (economics)
• Women's rights
• Herbert Butterfield
• Jurisprudence
• Karl Marx
• Philosophy of history
• Harvard University
• Leviathan (Hobbes book)
• Marxism
• Autonomy
• Liberalism
• Fabian Society
• Margaret Thatcher
• Aesthetics
• Nihilism
• Eternity

Place in the tradition

Part of Conservatism.

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