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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but nevertheless weaves their arcs together. The effect is to see history as a tapestry of humanity; Leo X, say, was not just a potentate who took certain actions, but a complex person whose response to the reformation fell out of his character and those of his contemporaries
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broke: great man theory of history joke: social forces theory of history woke: history is the unfolding of the beautiful interplay of individual human spirits expressed in word and actionhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1206495168733409282 …
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eigenrobot @eigenrobotReplying to @eigenrobot @simpolism @MeaningnessI think I'm serious about this actually Hunch is that bodies of knowledge of this flavor are maybe only feasibly transmitted person-to-person and possibly in the context of a community Can you imagine a postrationality without the dramatis personae?3 replies 2 retweets 29 likesShow this thread -
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The Dudes Rock theory of history
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be excellent to each other
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