To be aware of something already separates you from it, so sufficient for freedom would be the ability to become aware of every conditioning to which you are subject, even without the ability to act against it. Indeed a certain portion of self-knowing seems to be dedicated to just this kind of discovery. Freedom is a salient matter, but what kind of being you are that freedom would be meaningful in relation to you is the more important question, but one which does not naturally arise. There is nothing less natural to thought than to question the very being of the thinker.