Oakeshott on Hayek and the Machiavellians (with some Orwell)
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Oakeshott’s (1957) “Rationalism in Politics” starts with an epigram or a maxim from Vauvernauges, Les grands hommes, en apprenant aux faibles à réfléchir, !es ont mis sur la route de l'erreur. [Great men, by teaching the weak/feebleminded to reflect, have put them on the road to error.] He returns to the maxim, quoting it again in French, seemingly explaining its significance to his argument.
Oakeshott on Hayek and the Machiavellians (with some Orwell)
Oakeshott on Hayek and the Machiavellians…
Oakeshott on Hayek and the Machiavellians (with some Orwell)
Oakeshott’s (1957) “Rationalism in Politics” starts with an epigram or a maxim from Vauvernauges, Les grands hommes, en apprenant aux faibles à réfléchir, !es ont mis sur la route de l'erreur. [Great men, by teaching the weak/feebleminded to reflect, have put them on the road to error.] He returns to the maxim, quoting it again in French, seemingly explaining its significance to his argument.