Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
2007-09-01 07:00:29 · 9 answers · asked by ! 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i think that it is incorrectly stated. i think that it should say "Man is free at the moment he lets go of bondage"
2007-09-01 07:08:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I absolutely love that quote.
Funny, that quote brings to mind the movie V for Vendetta, the moment the main women walks out of the jail, "free".
Freedom is a state of spirit or mind, and not one of physical circumstances, that to me is the profound meaning.
2007-09-01 07:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by Marco4 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The are different ways to be free. We can free ourselves from the burden our beliefs and our thinking which usually provides suffering. This can be accomplished at the moment that it is desired.
We are, for example, prisoners of this planet. Without the ecosystem we would die. It is a trapped existence a thriving planet. It's just a nicer prison.
2007-09-01 07:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Freedom comes when we release ourselves from the chains of our past and desire for the future. When we choose to live in the moment, free of past and free of wanting, then we are truly free.
It is a choice.
2007-09-01 08:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by Shihan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think what he means is..
we're all ultimately free to do whatever we want, as long as we choose to let ourselves act that way..
take us, Americans. The only restriction we have is society and the norms they expect out of our behavior.
Once we get over that, we can act as freely as we want.
2007-09-01 07:39:46 · answer #5 · answered by whoop_Jimmy_whoop! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a correct statemeant. unfortunately their was a limit to Voltaire's Genius
2007-09-01 07:15:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't it "Voltaire can lick my balls" from American Wedding?
2007-09-01 08:07:56 · answer #7 · answered by Becky J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you got to be kidding me... Did you just compare Janis Joplin to Voltaire?
2007-09-01 07:35:01 · answer #8 · answered by nickname 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i agree more with janice joplin. freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. it is a bit more accurate.
2007-09-01 07:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by amanda c 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋