free man

June 30, 2011 on 2:22 pm | In allgemeines | No Comments

“A free man – is a man who is free internally. As all other people, externally he or she depends on society. Internally he or she is independent. A society can become liberated externally – from oppression, but it can become free only when the majority of people are free internally. […] What is the internally free man free from? First of all – he or she is free from fear of people and life; from conventional opinion. He or she is independent from the crowd, from stereotypical thinking. He or she is able to have their own personal point of view; free from prejudices. He or she is free from envy, selfishness and from aggressive personal drives.”

Simon Soloveychik, Free Man (1994)