3. writes an impassioned defense of free speech and press in Areopagitica shortly thereafter is hired by the Cromwell regime and starts printing tracts defending the lord protectors censorship
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4. My favorite part. Milton becomes academic hatchet man for Cromwell Someone in Amsterdam publishes a screed, anonymously, attacking Cromwell Milton thinks hes figured out who it is and starts circulating rebuttals attacking the author
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ppl on the ground in Amsterdam get word of this and let him know he's got the wrong guy Milton's target publicly swears he didn't write it Milton keeps dragging this guy anyway eventually publishes a major work refuting the anti-Cromwell piece, 90% of which is ad hominem
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of fucking course the real author eventually comes out and acknowledges the work Milton simply refuses to believe it never in his life does he take the L
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this all feels like message board drama and I love it the internet is indeed a worthy medium for the continuation of the ancient Western intellectual tradition
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one of the best things about Durant is that he deploys a biographical approach to history when he wants to illustrate a particular epoch, he identifies some luminaries--kings, often; popes; authors; artists; scientists--and works through their lives, one at a time,
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Replying to @ElijahDelMedigo @eigenrobot
True, but Will was more than willing (heh) to acknowledge her substantial contributions even then.
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'The Age of Reason Begins' was the only thing that kept me from losing my mind in sophomore year.
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I'm on Louis XIV, credit owed to Ariel :)
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ElijahDelMedigo
I admit I have not read all of them, or read them in order, but I really should get back to it.
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