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In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
Tom Shippey
Born: September 9, 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Thomas Alan Shippey is a British scholar of medievalism, of medieval literature, including that of Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction. In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J. R. R.
Known for:
- The Road to Middle-Earth (1982)
- J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (2000)
- The Hammer and the Cross (1993)
- King and Emperor (1996)
- The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1992)