Isaiah Berlin
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Philosopher and historian of ideas (1909 to 1997) whose lecture Two Concepts of Liberty (1958) distinguished negative from positive liberty and defended value…
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Liberty is liberty, not equality, fairness, justice or happiness (opens korrents.com)
“Everything is what it is: liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or culture, or human happiness or a quiet conscience.”
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Having to choose between absolute claims is inescapable in the human condition (opens korrents.com)
“The necessity of choosing between absolute claims is then an inescapable characteristic of the human condition.”
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Political liberty, in the negative sense, is the area where a person can act unobstructed by others (opens korrents.com)
“Political liberty in this sense is simply the area within which a man can act unobstructed by others.”
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Liberty is liberty, not equality, fairness, justice or happiness (opens korrents.com)