Hobbes and Republican Liberty

Key Insight 1: Republican Liberty: Freedom as Non-Domination

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Key Insight 2: Hobbes's Early Liberty: Deliberation and Absolute Subjection

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Key Insight 3: De Cive's New Definition: Liberty as Absence of Impediments

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Key Insight 4: Civil Liberty Emerges: Freedom within Absolute Rule

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Key Insight 5: Leviathan's Radical Redefinition: External Impediments Only

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Key Insight 6: The Free-Man Redefined: Beyond Non-Domination

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Key Insight 7: Liberty and Fear: Consistent, Not Contradictory

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Key Insight 8: The Illusion of the "Free State": All Sovereign States are Equally Free

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Key Insight 9: The True Liberty of a Subject: Inalienable Rights and Silent Laws

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Key Insight 10: The Leviathan: An Artificial Person of Unified Power

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Key Insight 11: Protection and Obedience: The Foundation of Legitimate Rule

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