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What does it mean?
Liberty allows you to be alone or isolated.
In plain terms
Being free means you have the choice to isolate yourself.
What can you take from it?
Freedom includes the right to be alone.

Where it applies

  • seeking space
  • valuing privacy

Putting it to work

  • boundaries
  • self-care

Questions to consider

  • What does freedom mean to you?
  • How do you use your choices?

Another view

Connection is often seen as equal to freedom.

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  2. If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.

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  3. Deceiving himself well is the first quality of the statesman.

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