freedom, positive/negative
- freedom, positive/negative
Narrowly, or negatively, freedom is thought of as the absence of constraint: ‘Freedom’, said
Hobbes, ‘is the silence of the law.’ Positively, freedom is a condition of liberation from social and cultural forces that are perceived as impeding full self-realization. To become free is therefore a challenge that is only met by personal transformation, in
Romantic and individualistic thought, or by social transformation, for instance in
Hegel.
Philosophy dictionary.
Academic.
2011.
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