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Page 31
... religious humility . It may be admitted at the start that the main principles of Milton's religious philosophy , while familiar to students of Renaissance thought , are no longer part of the general heritage and need to be reconstructed ...
... religious humility . It may be admitted at the start that the main principles of Milton's religious philosophy , while familiar to students of Renaissance thought , are no longer part of the general heritage and need to be reconstructed ...
Page 41
... Milton does continually stress the prime power of love in God and man ; his avowed theme , the as- sertion of Eternal Providence , means the assertion of eter- nal love . But Milton's religion , like that of most great writers and ...
... Milton does continually stress the prime power of love in God and man ; his avowed theme , the as- sertion of Eternal Providence , means the assertion of eter- nal love . But Milton's religion , like that of most great writers and ...
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... religious thinkers from Aes- chylus and Plato to Spinoza , and which was more or less shared , to go no further than Milton's immediate inherit- ance and background , by serious writers from Spenser , Hooker , and Shakespeare to the ...
... religious thinkers from Aes- chylus and Plato to Spinoza , and which was more or less shared , to go no further than Milton's immediate inherit- ance and background , by serious writers from Spenser , Hooker , and Shakespeare to the ...
Contents
Religious and Ethical Principles | 29 |
Characters and Drama | 58 |
The Poetical Texture | 88 |
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