The Liberty Of Ancients Compared With That Of Moderns
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The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns
Author | : Benjamin Constant |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2020-12-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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This is an essay by Benjamin Constant. In this essay, Constant contrasted two views on freedom: one held by "the Ancients," particularly those in Classical Greece, and the other by members of modern societies. He investigates the dangers of attempting to impose ancient liberty in a modern context, as well as the risks associated with each type of liberty. The danger of ancient liberty was that men, preoccupied with securing their share of social power, might place too little value on individual rights and pleasures. The danger of modern liberty is that we will give up our right to participate in political power too easily, absorbed in the enjoyment of our independence and the pursuit of our particular interests." Constant believes that the two types of liberty must eventually be combined.
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