CHAPTER VI. The Conception of Liberty As Illustrated by the Foregoing

THE CONCEPTION OF LIBERTY AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FOREGOING SUGGESTIONS 118-154

1. Liberty as the condition of our being ourselves 118

2. Illustrated by the idea of Nature and Natural 128

3. Phases of idea of Liberty 133 (a) Juristic phase = “absence of restraint” 134 (b) Political phase = “rights of citizenship” 135 (c) Positive connection of (a) and (b) 136 (d) Philosophical phase = “being oneself in fullest sense” 137 (e) Danger and justification of using same term for (a) and (d) 142

4. Liberty as attribute of the will that wills itself 146

5. This “real” will identified with State 149 (a) State in this sense is social life as a whole 150 (b) How State is force as extension of “individual” mind 152