Freedom arises when necessity manifests its inner identity, not by its removal

Evidence

Possibility is not reality: but it is in itself a reality. Whether a man can or cannot do a thing has its importance in evaluating what is done in reality. Possibility means “freedom”. The measure of freedom enters into the concept of man. That the objective possibilities exist for people not to die of hunger and that people do die of hunger, has its importance, or so one would have thought. But the existence of objective conditions, of possibilities or of freedom is not yet enough: it is necessary to “know” them, and know how to use them. And to want to use them. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1285 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Finitude is the condition of freedom, since freedom requires choice. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 871; Grace is the appearance of freedom embodied as necessity in the body-as-instrument.; Birth-place restricts freedom, whether this enslaves or enables (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Objective possibility constitutes freedom but requires knowing and wanting #corroborates (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1285