It is a general view that freedom is deemed a natural law, which applies to all that is alive. Thus we can see that animals that fall into captivity die when their freedom is denied. And it is a true testimony that providence does not accept the enslavement of any creature. It is not for no good reason that humanity has struggled for the past several hundred years, before it has attained a certain amount of freedom for the individual.
Yet the concept, expressed in that word – “freedom” – remains unclear. And if we delve into the heart of that word, there will be almost nothing left. For before you seek one’s freedom, you must assume that any individual, in and of itself, has that quality, called freedom, meaning that he can act according to his own free choice.