FREEDOM AND MANIPULATION Searching for the word "freedom" in the dictionary, I come across the following definition: the condition or right to be able or to be authorized to do, say, think, etc. . what you want, without being controlled or limited.¹³ So, we can assume that when you are not able to say the things you would like to say, or to think in a different way than what has been imposed on you, you are not able to . not entirely free. This assumption leads me to take a deeper look at the Utopian Republic, whose citizens are supposedly free beings. In Utopia, you must contact the authorities and obtain their permission to visit other cities and to start the journey which cannot last longer than the time allowed. Even though official permission is said to be granted easily –“If… you simply want to see the city itself, you can easily get permission to go there.”¹⁴ – it is still granted by a certain authority, the existence of which requires some rules on human life. In other words, if there is permission, there is also a limitation. And in the existence of limitation, there must be two parties: those who hold the power to authorize and those who are subject to the rules established by others. The freedom taken away from some is obviously given to others. In the hierarchical structure of Utopia, the above is free and charged with penalizing the below, within the framework of certain rules about who will punish whom: “Husbands are responsible for punishing their wives, and parents are responsible for punishing their children”. it is all the more important that you cannot deal with it at home, you bring it to the Council which, due to the lack of a constitution or any other common and collective order, still has the freedom to act... . middle of paper ......y, you can't decide that you've lived long enough because your body is the “property” of society. Just as living is your most fundamental right, it is also your most fundamental right to choose not to live. But in Utopia you're not even that free. You can't say, "I'm done." because it is forbidden to commit suicide. Everything is already decided. Every activity in your life is planned in advance. Go to bed at 8, listen to the lesson in the morning and have dinner with a pre-planned session. How could you be free when your entire life and actions are already determined by others? How could you feel free when you can't express what you think due to fear of being socially excluded? Are you truly free when you are constantly observed by an invented social conscience? As long as you are “just another brick in the wall” rather than an individual being, the answer is no.