Looking for Another Definition of

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2003.06.003

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Since Isaiah Berlin published his book, Two Concepts of Liberty, his concept of negative liberty has been hegemony in contemporary political philosophy. Quentin Skinner criticizes Berlin's such a concept from the view point of republicanism through his careful study of two cases, namely, Machiavelli's political thought and republicans in the English Revolution. He draws a conclusion from such an act of excavation that if and only if we live as an active citizen under the condition of a free republic state, we will get civil liberty and maintain it. Thus, Professor Skinner disagrees to Thomas Hobbes' idea of no any connection between liberty and political systems, seeking to find a correct way to keep our civil liberty by establishing a connection between negative liberty and positive liberty.

Key words: Quentin Skinner, negative liberty, positive liberty, republic

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Hong-tu LI. Looking for Another Definition of "Liberty"——Quentin Skinner's Understanding of "Liberty"[J]. J. East China Norm. Univ. Philos. Soc. Sci, 2003, 35(6): 21-27.

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