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... divine omniscience ( i.e. prescience ) , and necess- ity , on the other , which would follow from divine determinism ( i.e. predestination ) . And Milton explicitly endorses that distinction : ' nothing happens of necessity , because ...
... divine omniscience ( i.e. prescience ) , and necess- ity , on the other , which would follow from divine determinism ( i.e. predestination ) . And Milton explicitly endorses that distinction : ' nothing happens of necessity , because ...
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... divine decree ) , or whether it is so because God wills only that which is right ( i.e. God , being good , wills only good things , goodness here being understood as independent of and antecedent to any divine decree ) . The typical ...
... divine decree ) , or whether it is so because God wills only that which is right ( i.e. God , being good , wills only good things , goodness here being understood as independent of and antecedent to any divine decree ) . The typical ...
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... divine jocularity is over- shadowed by the earlier grim warning to shun the tree of knowledge : The day thou eat'st thereof , my sole command . Transgressed , inevitably thou shalt die , 63 Since the main purpose of the poem is ...
... divine jocularity is over- shadowed by the earlier grim warning to shun the tree of knowledge : The day thou eat'st thereof , my sole command . Transgressed , inevitably thou shalt die , 63 Since the main purpose of the poem is ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
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