John Milton, EnglishmanGollancz, 1950 - 314 pages |
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Page 147
... human nature . It is due rather to his assumptions regarding the content of those " unwritten or at least unconstraining laws of virtuous education , religious and civil nurture ” on which he relies to raise the minds of men above the ...
... human nature . It is due rather to his assumptions regarding the content of those " unwritten or at least unconstraining laws of virtuous education , religious and civil nurture ” on which he relies to raise the minds of men above the ...
Page 225
... human weakness , and with the interference of an external power too strong and subtle for humanity to cope with . Had he acted otherwise Paradise would have been destroyed irrevocably . There might have been no sin but there would have ...
... human weakness , and with the interference of an external power too strong and subtle for humanity to cope with . Had he acted otherwise Paradise would have been destroyed irrevocably . There might have been no sin but there would have ...
Page 293
... human liberty , implementing his arguments with Milton's , was fit audience to the extent of his comprehension and his scope . But no politically minded person could , as such , rightly interpret to himself and others the full Miltonic ...
... human liberty , implementing his arguments with Milton's , was fit audience to the extent of his comprehension and his scope . But no politically minded person could , as such , rightly interpret to himself and others the full Miltonic ...
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