absolute freedom, n.Definitions

Absolute freedom (n.) leaves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its own self-destroying reality behind and emigrates to another land — the unreal world of thought, where freedom alone counts as truth.

Absolute freedom (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no content of its own, so it can only tear down every structure that arises, and becomes the fury of destruction.

Absolute freedom (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the dream of a universal will for which the world is simply its will, with no representatives: everyone wills everything together.

Absolute freedom (n.) ascends ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the throne of the world without any power able to resist it — abolishing all estates and classes, so that each one's purpose is the general purpose and his language universal law.

Absolute freedom (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠bring forth neither a positive work nor a deed; all that remains for it is negative action — it is only the fury of destruction.

Absolute freedom (n.) requires ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a homogeneous society: no estates, no division of powers, no representation, nothing that relates citizens differently to the total decision.

Absolute freedom (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the right of the strongest to dominate; absolute justice is achieved by suppressing all contradiction — and so destroys freedom.

Absolute freedom (n.) feels ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠true to itself only in demolition, tolerating no standing structures, not even its own past creations; Hegel did not foresee how much worse positive goals imposed in its name could be.