The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
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Page 118
... knowledge of which they were capable - knowledge beyond the possible inference of unaided human reason or experience . All knowledge is granted except the disabling experienced knowledge of evil which , without a new creation , takes ...
... knowledge of which they were capable - knowledge beyond the possible inference of unaided human reason or experience . All knowledge is granted except the disabling experienced knowledge of evil which , without a new creation , takes ...
Page 160
... knowledge forbidden in Paradise is the apparent or inferior knowledge which may tarnish or destroy joy . Adam is " clear'd of doubt " ( 179 ) by Raphael's answer . He rejoices , not in the precise solution of his theoretical problem ...
... knowledge forbidden in Paradise is the apparent or inferior knowledge which may tarnish or destroy joy . Adam is " clear'd of doubt " ( 179 ) by Raphael's answer . He rejoices , not in the precise solution of his theoretical problem ...
Page 161
... knowledge nor power . He must not be haunted by the fear that the universe or his own in- dividual world will go to wrack unless he consciously under- stands all its details . There is more evidence here that Raphael ' is warning ...
... knowledge nor power . He must not be haunted by the fear that the universe or his own in- dividual world will go to wrack unless he consciously under- stands all its details . There is more evidence here that Raphael ' is warning ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
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