Philosophy: Sir Isaiah Berlin and Two Concepts of Liberty

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…liberty, being the more basic, fundamental sense of freedom, must be necessarily present before positive liberty can exist. This is true, as one must be free to choose, before considering what is chosen. In conclusion, what seemed like cosmetic differences of the same argument became distinct and separate, upon analysis of the underlying implications of these same differences. It is important thus to understand these subtle, yet fundamental differences between these two conceptions of Liberty.