Abstract
What do roses, liberty, and freedom have in common? First, many treat liberty and freedom like roses in the rationale of Shakespeare’s Juliet. The entity with attributes of sweetness and desirableness can be called by any name and still retain said attributes. Therefore, Physical rose’s attributes do not change with a name change. Almost unconsciously, many use liberty and freedom as different names for the same entity with the same attributes as roses among roses.

Yet, while sharing attributes, liberty and freedom are different species of flowers. Thus, the second commonality for Juliet’s roses, liberty, and freedom is that drama and death ensue. Unaware of nuances, liberty and freedom lovers can get quite at odds with one another. Drama! Neither liberty nor freedom may be receiving the proper care because we do not realize what soil types, water, and elements each need uniquely. Death! This video will unearth nuances by presenting primary sources and contemporary analysis excerpts.

Sources
Aristotle. Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Translated by H. Rackham. Vol. 21. Medford, MA: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1944.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Clinton Walker Keyes. De Re Publica De Legibus. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1928.

Kennedy, Geoff. “Cicero, Roman Republicanism and the Contested Meaning of Libertas.” Political Studies 62, no. 3 (October 2014): 488–501.

Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Folger Shakespeare Library, n.d.

Walsh, M. M. (1997). Aristotle's Conception of Freedom. Journal of the History of Philosophy, 35(4), 495-507.

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