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Loading... Areopagitica and Other Political Writings of John Miltonby John Milton
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This collects Milton's political writings from the 1640s and 1650s, including the celebrated 'Areopagitica', of course, but also other important pamphlets such as 'The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates'. Anyone interested in the foundations of modern liberal thought should read Milton. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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As poet, statesman, and pamphleteer, John Milton remains one of the singular champions of liberty in the annals of history. Even in his mediations on theology Milton strove to demonstrate that liberty -- of conscience -- is one of the inviolable rights of free peoples. He published several revolutionary manifestos, two works defending regicide, and of course the famous Areopagitica, or defense of freedom of expression and the press against censorship. John Alvis has collected into a superb one-volume edition all of Milton's political writings of enduring importance. These include the entirety of Areopagitica, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, A Defence of the People of England, The Second Defence of the People of England, The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, and Mr. John Milton's Character of the Long Parliament. John Milton (1608-1674) was the author also of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained and served as Latin secretary to Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)942.062History and Geography Europe England and Wales England 1603–1714, House of Stuart and Commonwealth periods Charles I 1625-49LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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