ABSTRACT
The theoretical connections between individualist anarchism and liberalism seem obvious. While liberalism called for individual liberty and a limited state, individualist anarchism called for individual sovereignty and no state. The word "liberal" in Liberty typically referred to religious liberals, those who attacked ecclesiastical authority in the name of some individualistic form of religion, much as political liberals sought to limit political authority for the sake of individuals. In actuality, then, "liberalism" per se was not a major topic in Liberty, but the issues it raised, particularly as it evolved in the nineteenth century, were. The individualists saw themselves as more consistent and radical than liberals in applying the logic of liberalism and criticized liberals for not having the courage of their convictions. The anarchists had to find "scientific" arguments to bolster the two building blocks of their ideology: individual sovereignty and equal liberty.
