Freedom is surprisingly a quite modern concept, as the ancient Greeks didn’t discuss it much; they believed that humans should conform to cosmic laws rather than follow their own rules. It was the modern thinkers, starting with Kierkegaard and later Heidegger and Sartre, who made freedom a central subject of philosophy, as famous quotes on freedom testify. These philosophers explored freedom from various perspectives, from existential anxiety to self-affirmation, thus giving freedom a fundamental place in reflections on human existence.
