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Forthcoming seminal work by Tim Snyder

Notes

Then Snyder summarizes 22 thinkers' perspectives on the source of happiness. Consensus is hard. This means is is genius - happiness is in everything.
From regarding the body as an object, it is a short step to regarding it as a commodity.
Freedom from is a conceptual trap. It is also a political trap, in that it involves self-deception, contains no program for its own realization, and offers opportunities to tyrants.
Freedom to, positive freedom, involves thinking about who we want to become. What do we value? How do we realize our values in the world? If we don’t think of freedom as positive, we won’t even get freedom in the negative sense, since we will be unable to tell what is in fact a barrier
When we see ourselves as others see us, we know ourselves better.
Jesus spoke patiently in riddles And allegories
Build structures that promote understanding
Unlike God, we can be free

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+*Then Snyder summarizes 22 thinkers' perspectives on the source of happiness. Consensus is hard. This means is is genius -  happiness is in everything.
 *From regarding the body as an object, it is a short step to regarding it as a commodity.
 *Freedom from is a conceptual trap. It is also a political trap, in that it involves self-deception, contains no program for its own realization, and offers opportunities to tyrants.