In great measure it all comes down to the use of the imagination. The imagination must be brought to heel like a well trained dog. The "freedom" of the wild animal is all very nice in a pre-civilized romantic sort of way, and there exists a culture to celebrate this sort of lack of self awareness and civil restraint. But this freedom is actually that of a soul enslaved to an animal.
The freedom that accompanies Enlightenment is one in which the animal, and therefore the imagination, serves awakened Awareness.
This is the difference between a ball-and-chain and a magic carpet.
