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Why is autonomy considered a degree of freedom in western philosophy?
It would be helpful I think to provide quotes and references to support the picture you assert.
I argue Socrates is paradigmatic to defining Western philosophy here: Weren't there any philosophers ...
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Why is autonomy considered a degree of freedom in western philosophy?
I'd mark Martin Luther, or the Reformation collectively, as the most salient single philosopher or general philosophical movement. The shift is one of religious worldview, from a paternalistic one (in ...
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