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cato unbound skip to main content main menu issues about contact submenu facebook twitter rss tweet like submit share august 2021 friedrich nietzsche s ideal of the free spirit offers a distinct vision of what freedom could be what does it offer a liberal society readers not up on their nietzsche don t need to worry lead essayist prof steven pittz of the university of colorado at colorado springs offers both a helpful guide to one of the philosopher s most evocative ideas and an argument about how the free spirited individual stands to benefit the society around him replying to his essay will be prof david owen of the university of southampton and prof matthew meyer of the university of scranton each of whom will have a somewhat different approach to the question we will then feature an open discussion among the participants the conversation will continue and the comments will remain open for the coming month print entire issue lead essay what use has society for a free spirit steven pittz august 31 2021 comments steven pittz describes spiritual freedom as a kind of intellectual freedom that is concerned chiefly with achieving spiritual goals in a liberal society a free spirit may also stand as a bulwark against oppression provincialism and mindless conformity as a result those who are willing to rethink their society s received wisdom are both vital and often persecuted see full essay response essays on free spiritedness david owen september 2 2021 comments david owen offers two challenges to the claim that spiritual freedom is necessary for a free society first he suggests that voluntary associations and value coalitions will naturally emerge in a free society and break up social despotism all on their own the free spirit may not be all that necessary but in his second challenge he argues that it could be the case that free spirits do best with a degree of perhaps paradoxical social support especially in the areas of education and the media which are crucial to the production of free spirits and the spread of their ideas and examples see full essay are free spirits too free for the liberal order matthew meyer september 7 2021 comments the free spirit unbound by social norms and received ideas may or may not be an asset to liberalism says matthew meyer the fearless investigation of norms and ideas may lead an individual to reject liberalism itself meyer argues that on a careful reading of nietzsche that philosopher s free spirit ideal may even have more of an affinity with authoritarianism and empire than liberals like steven pittz would like to admit see full essay the conversation to david owen on free spirits the liberal temperament and liberal education steven pittz september 13 2021 comments to matthew meyer on nietzsche s relationship to the liberal order steven pittz september 14 2021 comments the free spirit and the vocations david owen september 21 2021 comments will a free spirit be a liberal spirit matthew meyer september 24 2021 comments some final replies to owen and meyer steven pittz september 30 2021 comments coming up conversation through the end of the month tweet like submit share latest issues july 2021 june 2021 may 2021 april 2021 more issues disclaimer cato unbound is a forum for the discussion of diverse and often controversial ideas and opinions the views expressed on the website belong to their authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff or supporters of the cato institute also from cato cato org libertarianism org humanprogress org elcato org social media facebook twitter rss cato institute 1000 massachusetts ave nw washington dc 20001 5403 phone 202 842 0200 fax 202 842 3490