Defining Freedom
A rather unintentionally unserious conversation on another thread (the gentleman seemed to be arguing that that were my legal and social inferiors with no right to argue with me - a somewhat elliptical point of view to take) nonetheless intentionally brought up a deeply serious point, which I would like to address here.
I apologize for the inadequacy of my thought here, but we are now treading in deep philosophical waters. Regard this, dear reader, rather as a starting point for cogitation, rather than a settled and well articulated theory.
Someone asked me what is meant by freedom?
The context concerned political freedom only; of other type or other nuances of the word, I do not address.
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