(December 9, 2012 at 10:43 pm)jonb Wrote: However that does not blacken philosophies that do not believe in force to limit thinking, it only depicts a difference between the two.
In order to have a philosophy that does not believe in "force to limit thinking", you also need a philosophy that does, and a lot of other philosophies in-between.
I don't see how you can depict a difference between those who are free thinkers and those who are not.
The freedom is always relative to the non-freedom in the time and environment. No doubt in 1000 years "free thinkers" will look at definitions of free thinking in this time period as delusional.