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| Original Title: | Areopagitica |
| ISBN: | 0543959856 (ISBN13: 9780543959850) |
| Edition Language: | English |
John Milton
Paperback | Pages: 85 pages Rating: 3.85 | 1898 Users | 113 Reviews
Details Based On Books Areopagitica
| Title | : | Areopagitica |
| Author | : | John Milton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 85 pages |
| Published | : | November 28th 2000 by Adamant Media Corporation (first published November 24th 1644) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Classics. Nonfiction. Politics. History. Poetry. Writing. Essays |
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As a book lover, it’s difficult not to have a warm regard for Milton after reading this. His defense of free speech is both eloquent and persuasive. Drawing on history, philosophy, and religion, he puts forward multiple arguments for the free printing of books, all of which build upon one another, and almost all of which are still relevant today.And, in addition to Milton’s compelling argument, we get his masterful prose. To many modern readers, I suspect this will be dense and hard to follow at first. Nonetheless, Milton’s writing style is more accessible than some of his contemporaries—like Defoe, Swift, Bunyan, Hobbes, and Locke—and far more lyrical. He uses his towering poetic abilities to good effect here, and many quotes are worth committing to memory.
To all lovers of books and the free circulation of knowledge and opinion, let us take our hats off to John Milton.
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Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather; that which purifies us is trial, and trial by what is contrary.John Milton has undoubtedly cemented his position as one of the greatest, if not the greatest poet of the English tradition. Indeed, he authoritatively stands as the deadest, oldest, and whitest of the dead old white dudes of the Western canon (Shakespeare eludes this category given his deep integration into popular culture). But despite MiltonsI read this back in my senior year of high school. Going back and reading it now, I actually got the classical allusions. I also didn't remember how very Christian it is. Milton bases almost all of his argumentation on the Bible, which is something I don't remember focusing on when I read it in high school.Given the current cultural climate, this is something that everyone should read.
interesting, but a pain to read tbh
Notable lines from the speech:He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.. . . here the great art lies to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work. They are not skilful considerers of human things, who imagine to remove sin by removing the matter of sin.A man may be a heretic in
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
In Areopagitica, John Milton delivers a finely-honed argument in opposition to the Licensing Order of 1643, which restored strict censorship laws to England. Milton relies primarily on classical references; indeed, the title is an allusion to the Areopagus, a hill in Athens and the name of a council who sat in judgement on that hill. In a single word, Milton links the crux of his argument to the zeitgeist of Hellenic antiquity, which held a great fascination for learned individuals of the
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