Michael Oakshott

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Well I started a venture into political philosophy today. I have a book on conservative thought with a good collection of essays. I took a course at Rutgers called Ideologies of the Right and this was one of the texts assigned. I read parts but I don't recall as much as I'd like to. There was one essay by Michael Oakshott that made an impression on me. It is entitled Rationalism In Politics I started it again today. I will probably finsih it in a couple days. I'm not used to philosophy of any kind and the going is slow. Ok the Yuengling Porter doesn't help... There is a part of my being that is beginning to reject reason and I'd like to get to the point in my intellectual life where I can honestly say that I am not a slave to it. I don't want to be so limited.

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Fascinating...I should finish this tomorrow. Next up: On the Diminished Disgrace of Whores and Their Children In Our Day, Justus Moser 1772. I have to read this if only because of the title.  What has always fascinated me about politics is that I am clearly predisposed to think a certain way. Indeed, these essays etc. have an attraction for me that isn't quite intellectual at times.

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

It would appear that Madison had a very conservative disposition and drew from a rhetorical tradition common to European conservatives.

[Roosevelt Republican]

It would appear that Madison had a very conservative disposition and drew from a rhetorical tradition common to European conservatives.

James Madison doesn’t get much respect nowadays when you think about. He was the principal author of the Constitution, for Pete’s sake.

John Adams didn’t get much attention until recently, with the miniseries and all. I don’t think there’s one statue of him in Massachusetts, though I could be wrong...

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

It would appear that Madison had a very conservative disposition and drew from a rhetorical tradition common to European conservatives.

James Madison doesn’t get much respect nowadays when you think about. He was the principal author of the Constitution, for Pete’s sake.

John Adams didn’t get much attention until recently, with the miniseries and all. I don’t think there’s one statue of him in Massachusetts, though I could be wrong...

I was never particularly interested in political philosophy but recently began to better acquaint myself with conservative intellectuals.

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

Just started T.E. Hulme's Essays On War. He was a British conservative killed in 1917 while serving with the Royal Artillery.

[Mr. Dirlewanger]

His essays are interesting because they illustrate the conservative disdain for pacifist philosophy.