Michael Oakeshott on apprenticeship and practical knowledge: “It takes two generations to learn a profession” (opens in new tab)

… so impractical is a purely rationalist politics, that the new man, lately risen to power, will often be found throwing away his book [-learned technique and rational ideology] and relying upon his general experience of the world as, for example, a business man or a trade union official. This experience is certainly a more… Read More »Michael Oakeshott on apprenticeship and practical knowledge: “It takes two generations to learn a profession”