Libertarian Papers
Author:
Peter J. Preusse
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Volume 2, Article 12 (2010) 1. Introduction: Liberty, What Is It? The misery of essentialism in his time, or at least of the philosophy of liberty, is condensed by Popper into a remarkable summary: “Scholasticism, mysticism and despair of reason—these are the inevitable outcomes of Platonic and Aristotelian essentialism. And Aristotle turns