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... affirmation of the moral value of poetry , finding arguments ready to hand not only in classical critics and rhetoricians , but also in the writings of the Italian Renaissance critics - Min- turno and Scaliger most notably . For Milton ...
... affirmation of the moral value of poetry , finding arguments ready to hand not only in classical critics and rhetoricians , but also in the writings of the Italian Renaissance critics - Min- turno and Scaliger most notably . For Milton ...
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... affirmation of man's freedom acceptable . Some have not accepted the affirma- tion of man's sufficiency . Some have been unable to make with Milton the distinction between foreknowledge and predestina- tion . Some have accepted for Adam ...
... affirmation of man's freedom acceptable . Some have not accepted the affirma- tion of man's sufficiency . Some have been unable to make with Milton the distinction between foreknowledge and predestina- tion . Some have accepted for Adam ...
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... affirmations : 1. Evil is by God's permissive will . 2. God's providence is such that evil re- sults in good . The necessity for the first affirmation is twofold . If God can- not curb evil , he is not omnipotent , which is self ...
... affirmations : 1. Evil is by God's permissive will . 2. God's providence is such that evil re- sults in good . The necessity for the first affirmation is twofold . If God can- not curb evil , he is not omnipotent , which is self ...
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Abdiel accept action Adam and Eve Adam's affirmation agent Areopagitica argument Beelzebub bliss Buzfuz Christian Doctrine Columbia Milton command consequences of disobedience creation creatures death delight demonstration devil Dial Press disobedience divine E. M. W. Tillyard Earth enemy enmity enthymeme envy Eve's exaltation example faith fall fallen angels follows Fortunate Fall freedom glory God's justice grace Grierson Hanford happier happiness hate hath Heaven Hell Herbert Grierson human Ibid innocence John Milton judgment justify knowledge liberty man's mankind means mercy merit mind moral narrative nature obedience obey Paradise Lost passage passion persuasion poem poet poetry pride prohibition proof Raphael reader Reason of Church Renaissance repent Reprinted by permission revolt rhetorical right reason rule Satan's rebellion seek Smectymnuus soliloquy speak speech stand story sure temptation thee things thou thought Tillyard tion true truth vertu VIII virtue warning wisdom words