 
	November 2019
THE FOURTH SOCRATES CAFE IN SARAJEVO: FREEDOM

		    At the fourth Socrates Cafe in Sarajevo, held  on November 21st, 2019, we discussed about freedom. Adem Olovčić, Master of  Philosophy, lecturer at International Burch University, was the facilitator of  the Cafe. Participants considered whether people were free before the first  mention of freedom and when we found a definition of freedom; they wondered if  freedom can be reached and whether it depends on our opinion of it. They also  quoted G. W. F. Hegel "A man who does not think for himself is not free  man". However, there are also opinions that freedom equals utopia, and they  emphasized the fact that freedom is (was) different at different times and did  not have the same weight. They also questioned why it is not the same in  America, Egypt or Bosnia and Herzegovina; and whether laws restrict freedom or  direct us to act morally. What they agree on is that it is hard to believe that  a person is free when he or she is constantly forced to receive validation from  his environment, otherwise he or she feels insecure and anxious.
		  

          		
        

