Description
Thurman explains that freedom is the “capacity to determine the future by action.” He sees the possibility of death as the guarantor of the experience of freedom because that possibility is always open to the person. The fact that this option is available rather than accepting any present conditions is only to suggest that this means one can imaginatively project oneself into another possibility. For Thurman, grappling with one’s final option opens the door for pushing back the frontier of freedom wherever unacceptable limitations persist.
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Thurman, Howard
Date
1962-02-11
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Description by Dr. Tim Rainey
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Original Title
Quests of the Human Spirit (II): The Quest for Freedom, 1962 Feb 11
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