The Cunning of Freedom: Saving the Self in an Age of False Idols by Ryszard Legutko
English | January 12th, 2021 | ISBN: 1641771372 | 200 pages | True EPUB | 1.00 MB
The book has two currents. The first is an analysis of the three concepts of freedom, which are called, respectively, negative, positive, and inner. Negative freedom is defined as an absence of coercion, positive freedom as an ability to rule oneself and rule others, inner freedom as being oneself, that is, being an author of one's decisions. Each concept is analyzed both in terms of its development in the history of ideas and in terms of its internal logic.