# Negative and Positive Liberty: Some Historical Reflections

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/negative-and-positive-liberty-some-historical-reflections>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 16, 2015

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George H. Smith considers the different conceptions of freedom defended by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.

[Originally published in essay form on January 23, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/negative-positive-liberty-some-historical-reflections)

_Narrated by James Foster._