First Things RSS Feed - Michael Oakeshott https://www.firstthings.com/author/michael-oakeshott en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:50:42 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/michael-oakeshott 60 Work and Play https://www.firstthings.com/article/1995/06/work-and-play https://www.firstthings.com/article/1995/06/work-and-play Thu, 01 Jun 1995 00:00:00 -0400 Without pretending to be scientific about it, the world may be imagined to be a vast collection of existences—things and substances of various compositions and kinds—each of which is what it is, and moves, changes, grows, or decays as it does by reason of its relation to other things: things existing in various ways by, and in some cases, at the expense of, or on, other things. This image is sometimes called the Economy of Nature, and it is sometimes said to have a “balance” or equilibrium of needs and satisfactions.

Continue Reading »

]]>