CHAPTER VI

THE CONCEPTION OF LIBERTY AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FOREGOING SUGGESTIONS 118-154

1. Liberty as the condition of our being ourselves 118

2. Illustrated by the idea of Nature and Natural 128

3. Phases of idea of Liberty 133 _(a)_ Juristic phase = “absence of restraint” 134 _(b)_ Political phase = “rights of citizenship” 135 _(c)_ Positive connection of _(a)_ and _(b)_ 136 _(d)_ Philosophical phase = “being oneself in fullest sense” 137 _(e)_ Danger and justification of using same term for _(a)_ and _(d)_ 142

4. Liberty as attribute of the will that wills itself 146

5. This “real” will identified with State 149 _(a)_ State in this sense is social life as a whole 150 _(b)_ How State is force as extension of “individual” mind 152