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... argument that all government , including monarchical government , is subject to law . Precisely because govern- ments cannot ultimately be trusted , argues Milton , laws were invented , either framed or consented to by all , ' so man ...
... argument that all government , including monarchical government , is subject to law . Precisely because govern- ments cannot ultimately be trusted , argues Milton , laws were invented , either framed or consented to by all , ' so man ...
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... argument , Kantian rather than Darwinian . It is reason rather than passion , the mind rather than the body , which is genuinely human : ' For in human action the soul is the agent , the body in a manner passive . If then the body do ...
... argument , Kantian rather than Darwinian . It is reason rather than passion , the mind rather than the body , which is genuinely human : ' For in human action the soul is the agent , the body in a manner passive . If then the body do ...
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... argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . 3 But it should be emphasised that this ' introduction ' to Paradise Lost is almost equally applicable to Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes . Each of ...
... argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . 3 But it should be emphasised that this ' introduction ' to Paradise Lost is almost equally applicable to Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes . Each of ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
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