The first section claims that one sense of the title concept is concerned with when we may interfere with an individual's freedom, while another sense is concerned with the source that governs that freedom.
The author of this essay lauds Benjamin Constant for examining the central conflict better than anyone else.One section of this essay uses the examples of a man who flees from his enemy and a man who decides to sever his own wounded leg to illustrate the idea of escaping pain through ascetic denial. Another section theorizes that  Kant's severe individuality and  notion of  rational self-direction may  lead  to  a  state of  despotism comparable to the temple of (*) Sarastro. The author of this essay ultimately champions the goals of pluralism over the ideals of those who seek what the author terms "self-mastery," a concept that is identified with one of the title concepts. The first section claims that one sense of the title concept is concerned with when we may interfere with an individual's freedom, while another sense is concerned with the source that governs that freedom. For 10 points, name this essay by Isaiah Berlin that defines "positive" and "negative" types of the title phenomenon.
The author of this essay lauds Benjamin Constant for examining the central conflict better than anyone else.
Two Concepts of Liberty