Quote by: Isaiah Berlin

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.


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Author Bio


  • NameIsaiah Berlin
  • DescriptionRusso-British Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas
  • BornJune 6, 1909
  • DiedNovember 5, 1997
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Historian
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Erasmus Prize