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On Freedom

by Timothy Snyder

Read May 2026 published 2024 timothysnyder.org ↗

Defines positive freedom as the value of values and identifies five forms of freedom: sovereignty, unpredictability, mobility, factuality and solidarity. Each enabling and enabled by the others, all of them necessary to sustain and expand freedom.

Notes from the margins

Annotation page 1 for On Freedom
Synthesis page — sovereignty, capacity, machines, and unpredictability set against one another.

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