A Short History of Freedom, Brad Littlejohn, 2019 National Convivium
9:00 – Intro and illustration, a modern misconception of freedom
16:05 – Four key questions about freedom
22:00 – A historical overview of the concept of freedom
22:15 – Ancient Greece (quotes Hannah Arendt)
24:30 – Ancient Rome
26:25 – Medieval period
28:35 – Reformation period (quotes Dutch Stranger Churches)
30:00 – English Civil War period
31:30 – Immanuel Kant
33:10 – John Stuart Mill
36:15 – Friedrich Hayek, Isaiah Berlin
46:10 – Anthony Kennedy
46:50 – Freedom as a property of communities
47:00 – Freedom threatened by man’s inner bondage
48:30 – The distinction between power and freedom
51:40 – Oliver O’Donovan
58:10 – The need for a holistic view of liberty
59:35 – Littlejohn’s fourfold holistic view of freedom
1:10:15 – Conclusion: Christian wisdom is to balance the parts of freedom to the whole
