“[There] is a certain kind of activity (not yet extinct) which can be engaged in only in virtue of a disposition to be conservative, namely, activities where what is sought is present enjoyment and not a profit, a reward, a prize or a result in addition to the experience itself.” Michael Oakeshott wrote that in “On Being Conservative.” (The essay is in the book pictured to the right.) I was reading this essay for a conference I recently attended on the definition of conservatism. (The … [Read more...] about A Conversation Between Friends
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
