## Metadata - Author: [[Maggie Nelson]] - Full Title: On Freedom - Category: #books ## Highlights - Michel Foucault’s distinction between liberation (conceived of as a momentary act) and practices of freedom (conceived of as ongoing) has been key for me, as when he writes, “Liberation paves the way for new power relationships, which must be controlled by practices of freedom.” I like this proposition very much; I would even say it is a guiding principle of this book. ([Location 128](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B094GTS6GF&location=128)) - Tags: [[blue]]  ## Metadata - Author: [[Timothy Snyder]] - Full Title: On Freedom - Category: #books ## Highlights - Freedom is not an absence but a presence, a life in which we choose multiple commitments and realize combinations of them in the world. ([Location 156](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CQJHQB27&location=156)) - The five forms are: sovereignty, or the learned capacity to make choices; unpredictability, the power to adapt physical regularities to personal purposes; mobility, the capacity to move through space and time following values; factuality, the grip on the world that allows us to change it; and solidarity, the recognition that freedom is for everyone. ([Location 198](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CQJHQB27&location=198))