C. Delisle Burns

thumb|The value of freedom lies in the original impulse, and not in the absence of an obstacle. C. Delisle Burns (26 January 1879 – 22 January 1942) was a leading English atheist and secularist writer and lecturer. Quotes It has been assumed that freedom means the absence of limitation, which is correct but misleading; for it explains by a negative, and has therefore led to the absurdities of individualism. ... The value of freedom lies in the original impulse, and not in the absence of an obstacle. The Philosophy of Labour (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1925), as quoted in The Meaning of Adult Education by Eduard C. Lindeman (1926), p. 64 External links Category:1879 births Category:1942 deaths Category:Atheists from England Category:Authors from England