{"id":4521,"date":"2020-04-14T07:17:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejosias.net\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2020-04-14T07:18:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:18:12","slug":"the-josias-podcast-episode-xxiii-liberty-the-highest-of-natural-endowments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejosias.net\/2020\/04\/14\/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxiii-liberty-the-highest-of-natural-endowments\/","title":{"rendered":"The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIII: Liberty: the Highest of Natural Endowments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The editors discuss Pope Leo XIII&#8217;s encyclical <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_l-xiii_enc_20061888_libertas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Libertas<\/em> <em>praestantissimum<\/em><\/a>, on the true nature of liberty\u2014both natural and moral\u2014and on the errors of the liberals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Bibliography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Pope Leo XIII, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_l-xiii_enc_20061888_libertas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Libertas<\/em> <em>praestantissimum<\/em><\/a> (1888).<\/li><li>Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thejosias.net\/2016\/11\/11\/contrasting-concepts-of-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contrasting Concepts of Freedom<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Josias<\/em> (2016).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong>: Gustav Mahler, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PhcWhu9zRGY\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lied Des Verfolgten Im Turm<\/em><\/a>, from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>. Performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of George Szell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Header Image<\/strong>:&nbsp;Raphael Statt, O.Cist. <a href=\"https:\/\/kuenstler-moench.com\/skulpturen\/#jp-carousel-123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Befl\u00fcgelter Schritt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions or comments, please send them to editors(at)thejosias.net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow us on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Josias\/290943131088070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/josias_rex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks to our generous supporters on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/josias\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon,<\/a>&nbsp;who enable us to pay for podcast hosting. 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Bibliography Pope Leo XIII, Libertas praestantissimum (1888). Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., \u201cContrasting Concepts of Freedom,\u201d The Josias (2016). Music: Gustav Mahler, Lied Des Verfolgten Im Turm, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Performed by &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejosias.net\/2020\/04\/14\/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxiii-liberty-the-highest-of-natural-endowments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIII: Liberty: the Highest of Natural Endowments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4,7,27],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/podcast.thejosias.net\/2018\/schritt.jpg?fit=788%2C591&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yLvQ-1aV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4078,"url":"https:\/\/thejosias.net\/2019\/05\/26\/the-josias-podcast-episode-xvii-empire\/","url_meta":{"origin":4521,"position":0},"title":"The Josias Podcast, Episode XVII: Empire","date":"May 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Does natural law demand a world government? 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