Quote by Nicolás Gómez Dávila: Modern Man and the Illusion of Freedom

„Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon.“

Nicolás Gómez DávilaNicolás Gómez Dávila describes the illusion of freedom as the imprisonment of modern man.
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Nicolás Gómez Dávila was a Colombian philosopher and conservative thinker known for his sharp aphorisms and critical social analyses.

A philosophical aphorism about the illusion of freedom in modern life.


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Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) was a Colombian philosopher and conservative intellectual noted especially for his aphoristic writings. His works critically examine modern ideologies and political systems with a distinctive and often provocative style. He is considered an important conservative thinker in the Spanish-speaking world.

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"This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary. It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison and yet not free -- to be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national State, or of some private interest within the nation, want him to think, feel and act." Aldous Huxley
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"The nature of psychological compulsion is such that those who act under constraint remain under the impression that they are acting on their own initiative. The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free. That he is not free is apparent only to other people. His servitude is strictly objective." Aldous Huxley
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