Full Idea
We do not value freedom more than people did in earlier times, but we have identified the good life with the chosen life.
Gist of Idea
Nowadays we identify the free life with the good life
Source
John Gray (Straw Dogs [2002], 3.13)
Book Reference
Gray,John: 'Straw Dogs' [Granta 2002], p.109
A Reaction
Interesting. This is Enlightenment liberalism gradually filtering down into common consciousness, especially via the hegemony of American culture. I sympathise the Gray; don't get me wrong, but I think freedom is overrated.