History of political thoughtBritishb. 1940
“Liberty is not just a matter of being able to act without restraint. It consists of independence from the possibility of restraint.”
Quentin Skinner (born 1940) is a British intellectual historian and political philosopher. He is regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School in the history of political thought and is internationally renowned for his work on the methodology of intellectual history, republicanism, and concepts of liberty.
