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...World War was not a free country in this sense as it was occupied by the Nazis or controlled by the Vichy government. The Resistance saw themselves as freedom fighters, risking their lives to liberate France. Their aim was quite simply a free France, which meant a France which was free from Nazi occupation. Yet when France was liberated it did not miraculously become free...

...world, humanists developed a new, disciplined classical scholarship. In antiquity these disciplines were called “artes liberales” or”liberal arts”. These were considered to provide the knowledge and skills which would enable an individual to be free, to determine for themselves, truth and falsehood. Humanist philosophy emphasised the dignity of humanity. Humanists...

...world. In this sense I might imagine how my room will look painted in a different colour. The liability to think of something which the subject believes to be real, but which is not real. Stevenson talks of ‘liability’ rather than ‘ability’ here to indicate that there is some kind of failure in the cognitive process. In this sense I might imagine that there is...