'Freedom is Slavery': a Slogan for Our New Philosopher Kings

Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 15:45-59 (1983)
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But if you want to be free, you've got to be a prisoner. It's the condition of freedom—true freedom.‘True freedom!’ Anthony repeated in the parody of a clerical voice. ‘I always love that kind of argument. The contrary of a thing isn't the contrary; oh, dear me, no! It's the thing itself, but as it truly is. Ask any die-hard what conservatism is; he'll tell you it's true socialism. And the brewer's trade papers; they're full of articles about the beauty of true temperance. Ordinary temperance is just gross refusal to drink; but true temperance, true temperance is something much more refined. True temperance is a bottle of claret with each meal and three double whiskies after dinner…

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reprint Flew, Antony (1983) "‘Freedom is Slavery’: a Slogan for Our New Philosopher Kings". Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 15():45-59

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