--- title: "1 Negative Freedom Quotes By William T. Cavanaugh" description: "1 Negative Freedom quotes by William T. Cavanaugh. Plus more from William T. Cavanaugh and more Negative Freedom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/william-t-cavanaugh-44004_freedom_when-is-a-market-free-with-regard-to-the_276617.jpg" --- > [“When is a market free?" With regard to the first corollary identified above, freedom in Augustine's view is not simply the absence of external interference. Augustine's view of freedom is more complex: freedom is not simply a negative freedom from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-cavanaugh/when-is-a-market-free-with-regard-to-the-first-corollary-identified/) [William T. Cavanaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-cavanaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/william-t-cavanaugh-44004_freedom_when-is-a-market-free-with-regard-to-the_276617.jpg) ## More by William T. 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There are no common ends to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-cavanaugh/in-the-ideology-of-the-free-market-freedom-is-conceived-as-the/) [William T. Cavanaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-cavanaugh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/negative-freedom/william-t-cavanaugh/#itemlist", "name": "1 Negative Freedom Quotes By William T. Cavanaugh", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When is a market free?\" With regard to the first corollary identified above, freedom in Augustine's view is not simply the absence of external interference. Augustine's view of freedom is more complex: freedom is not simply a negative freedom from, but a freedom for, a capacity to achieve certain worthwhile goals. All of those goals are taken up into the one overriding telos of human life, the return to God. 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