2007-12-18 13:47:19 · 6 answers · asked by SHARON 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Bronze, I don't think you understood the quote.
It is claiming that you cannot be free.
2007-12-18 14:07:00 · update #1
We, and more importantly our forefathers, are willing to fight and kill and die for freedom but few people have the guts to actually act upon this freedom. We fall back into the safety net of conformity at the first available opportunity.
We live in prisons of our own making, staying behind the bars of an unlocked door with nobody keeping guard but our own fears and insecurities.
2007-12-18 14:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man is born with freedom to make choices (break the law, get an education, donate to a shelter, deal drugs, seek help to overcome an addiction) these are all free choices...to a certain extent...in this society, media...peers, everyone has different expectations from us and sometimes we set limitations on ourselves based on other people's expectations of us. For instance, a young 16 year old girl who feels like she doesn't meet society's expectations with her weight...she may actually be thin, or not as heavy as the magazines and TV shows suggest...so she is free, she can be confident in herself, eat right, work out and know her self worth, or in many unfortunate cases...she can be a victim, the chains that will not let her break free= bulimia, anorexia, low self esteem! So, how many of us are free, yet can not break these chains away???
2007-12-18 22:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sharon C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with the saying. Man is shackled from the moment of birth by society. Man is subject to both laws and customs that may be in opposition to his freedom. He may be held, enslaved by religious customs, prisoner of his parents beliefs and the ethnicity into which he was born. The only place man is truly free is between his ears and most are not even free in that manner either.
2007-12-18 22:01:28 · answer #3 · answered by darkdiva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man is technically free, in America, to do whatever he wants - but all actions carry consequences.
Think about how many people everyone has to answer to on a daily basis in order to carry out a normal existence - landlords, cops, courts, parents, bill collectors, church, government - and that's just to name a few.
2007-12-18 21:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by not_you 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It obviously uses society as a metaphor for some sort of confinement. Good luck on the assignment.
2007-12-18 21:51:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
writing an frazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz???
Do you like to live in bondage???
with chains????
2007-12-19 07:14:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋