9. Adam asks, why are there so many worlds. It doesn't make sense to create so vast a universe just for humanity. What's going on?
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10. Raphael says: don't concern yourself with this stuff, this shit is too deep for you, just keep your mind on God's law & theology.
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11. Behind this passage lies a fascinating historical fact, in 1638 when he was 30 years old Milton met the great astronomer Galileo.
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13. Galileo at that point was old, blind, crushed by the Inquisition which had forced him to renounce his great discoveries.
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14. Galileo made a strong impression on Milton, the fierce Protestant, himself later blind & crushed by counterrevolution
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15. Paradise Lost makes reference to many Biblical and historical figures but only one of Milton's contemporaries: Galileo.
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16 Last fact is from an unpublished article by Simon Bredin (I need to figure out how to do footnotes in tweets).
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@hollye_h Thanks, I didn't know about that. Will be familiar I'm sure to@michelledean3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@michelledean -left me w/ deep private conviction that reports of Uraniborg were a source for Prospero & his island in The Tempest1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@HeerJeet Apparently a prof at UMass Boston thinks the same thing: http://books.google.com/books?id=v8JCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&dq=scott+maisano+tempest+brahe&source=bl&ots=ErwGptkBTe&sig=wAIZiiHYidu85EXWUlaZyuZtSHw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3WtaVL_dNcK2yATB7YDIAg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=scott%20maisano%20tempest%20brahe&f=false …0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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