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To what is acquired in the civil state we could also add moral liberty, since it alone makes man truly a master of himself, for the impulse of mere appetite is slavery, while obedience to laws we prescribe ourselves is liberty. But I have already said too much on this matter, and the philosophical meaning of the term liberty is not my subject here.
The Essential Writings of Rousseau (Modern Library Classics)
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