What Is Meant Here?
Freedom is not described here in a general phrase; rather, it is defined as the movement of a conscious will between “negation and affirmation” and within “the framework of opposites.” For a broader entry, see Freedom.
What Is Attributed to Shahrur
In Muhammad Shahrur the Book and the Qur’an, an explicit definition of freedom appears: “Freedom: a conscious will that moves between negation and affirmation within the framework of opposites.” This establishes the definition’s three elements: conscious will, movement between negation and affirmation, and the framework of opposites.
Atlas Explanation
This page treats the phrase as a specific technical definition; it does not equate freedom with any other meaning merely because of linguistic similarity. The core of the definition is the description of freedom as conscious movement within the two poles of negation and affirmation. For reading in a broader context, see Freedom, the Human Being, and Responsibility.
Limited Inference
The wording of the definition indicates that consciousness is an element within the description of freedom, and that opposites are the framework within which its movement occurs. This explains the structure of the phrase; it does not add a complete theory of the practical effects of freedom.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
The available witness does not, by itself, show whether Shahrur derives specific legal limits or a detailed conception of responsibility from this definition. Nor does it establish a direct definitional connection between freedom and the subject of The Spirit, Humanity, and Language Are Interlinked.
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