Experience and Its Modes

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Neither the truth nor the character of history depend, in any way, upon its having some lesson to teach us. And if ever we persuade ourselves that the past has taught us something, we may be certain that it is not the historical past which has been our teacher.

Michael Oakeshott

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Topic

Learning from the past

Author

Michael Oakeshott

Source

Experience and Its Modes

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Oakeshott, Michael. Experience and Its Modes. Cambridge University Press, 1933, ch. 3, sect. 4.