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These two lovers are forbidden to eat of the Tree of Knowledge . Why should God envy them knowledge ? Are they safe only in their ignorance ? I'll excite in them a desire for more knowledge : God in His ...
These two lovers are forbidden to eat of the Tree of Knowledge . Why should God envy them knowledge ? Are they safe only in their ignorance ? I'll excite in them a desire for more knowledge : God in His ...
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First of all , the restriction is not against knowledge as such , for Adam , as we shall see later , is encouraged to know . The tree concerns a particular knowledge : the knowledge of good and evil . How does one come to know the ...
First of all , the restriction is not against knowledge as such , for Adam , as we shall see later , is encouraged to know . The tree concerns a particular knowledge : the knowledge of good and evil . How does one come to know the ...
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Milton lived at a time when astronomy provided a good example of the uncertainty of human knowledge . The theory that Adam advances when he questions Raphael is the Ptolemaic theory , a theory which naturally appeals to men because it ...
Milton lived at a time when astronomy provided a good example of the uncertainty of human knowledge . The theory that Adam advances when he questions Raphael is the Ptolemaic theory , a theory which naturally appeals to men because it ...
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Contents
JOHN MILTON | 5 |
three MILTONS MAJOR WORKS | 15 |
four PARADISE LOST | 26 |
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| Title | Paradise lost |
| Author | John Milton |
| Published | 1966 |
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