Milton and Paradise LostA critical interpretation of John Milton's most famous work. |
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... evil . At that moment human history may be said to have had its beginning . Human adaptability came into play . The knowledge of good and evil that was to be shunned in the pre - human age now became the great lever of man's wonderful ...
... evil . At that moment human history may be said to have had its beginning . Human adaptability came into play . The knowledge of good and evil that was to be shunned in the pre - human age now became the great lever of man's wonderful ...
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... evil and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers , and rejects it , is but a blank virtue , not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness . " ( p . 18 in Verity's ed . ) . Of course , in the state of ...
... evil and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers , and rejects it , is but a blank virtue , not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness . " ( p . 18 in Verity's ed . ) . Of course , in the state of ...
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... evil , that is to say of knowing good by evil " . In other words intuition is no longer the safe guide of Man's moral life . Life has , under present conditions , become a test of character . Here appears an initial difficulty : how is ...
... evil , that is to say of knowing good by evil " . In other words intuition is no longer the safe guide of Man's moral life . Life has , under present conditions , become a test of character . Here appears an initial difficulty : how is ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Theology And Philosophy | 29 |
Style And Language | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adamus Exul Æneas Æneid alliteration Andreini anno Areopagitica Bartas Belial Bunyan Cædmon call'd character Christ Christ's Victory Christian Doctrine Church classical epic created death Deucalion du Bartas earth eternity Eve's evil faith fall fallen angels Father foreknowledge fruit Genesis God's grace Grotius hæc hath Heaven heavenly Hell Holy human idea Iliad justice knowledge L'Adamo Latin light Lucifer Macbeth Man's mankind Mark Pattison Masson Medieval Michael Milton Milton's poem mind moral Muse nature obedience occurs Paradise Lost Phaedon Platonic poet poetic poetry punishment quoted Raphael reason reign religious repent Samson Agonistes Satan Saurat says seem'd seems sense serpent similar sings soul speaks Spenser spirit stood story temptation thee things thou Timaios tree truth vanity Vergil virtue Vondel's wander wicked angels words δὲ καὶ μὲν περὶ τὸ τὸν τοῦ