2007-01-21 23:23:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
what? is it your contention that only that which cannot be defined can be experienced? doesn't make a lot of sense to me. i mean i think i see where you're coming from, but it seems all knotted up to me. in order to define something intangible one would have to experience it first. by that reasoning, i have already experienced freedom (since i feel competent in definning it). however, it does not follow that once experienced i cannot experience it again, or some more, or in some different way.
2007-01-21 23:43:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Definition of freedom?? I know 10 people and I get 11 different definitions of freedom!! Besides what can be defined does not mean that can be universally experienced.
Philosophically, the real freedom is our personality's, our soul's freedom. This kind of freedom, yes, can be experienced to its full!
2007-01-22 08:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by Alice in Wonderbra 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
2007-01-22 08:41:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Macaroni and cheese can be defined and I can experience THAT!
2007-01-22 10:03:52 · answer #4 · answered by comet girl...DUCK! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free·dom /ËfridÉm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[free-duhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
2.exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
3.the power to determine action without restraint.
4.political or national independence.
5.personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.
6.exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually fol. by from): freedom from fear.
7.the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
8.ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
9.frankness of manner or speech.
10.general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation.
11.the absence of ceremony or reserve.
12.a liberty taken.
13.a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes.
14.civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
15.the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
16.the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend's library.
17.Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination. Compare necessity (def. 7).
[Origin: bef. 900; ME fredom, OE fréodÅm. See free, -dom]
2007-01-22 07:34:12 · answer #5 · answered by JasSays 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well I just got off house arrest and I feel free as a bird now. WOOHOO!!!
2007-01-22 07:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋