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Areopagitica; A
speech of Mr. John
Milton for the
Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the
Parlament of
England is a 1644
prose polemic by the
English poet...
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Milton achieved fame and
recognition during his lifetime; his
celebrated Areopagitica (1644),
written in
condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among...
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equality of all
humans as a
consequence of
democratic tendencies. In his
Areopagitica,
Milton provided one of the
first arguments for the
importance of freedom...
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punished by law,
developed alongside the rise of
printing and the press.
Areopagitica,
published in 1644, was John Milton's
response to the
Parliament of England's...
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while relying on
scripture to
serve as an
authority for his arguments.
Areopagitica was
published at the
height of the
English Civil War.
Milton argued forcefully...
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instituted pre-publication
censorship upon
Parliamentary England. Milton's
Areopagitica was
written specifically against this ordinance. Parliament, by the Habeas...
- In 1644 John
Milton expressed the
chilling effect of
censorship in
Areopagitica: For to
distrust the
judgement and the
honesty of one who hath but a...
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amphisbaena and ****us. John
Milton references the myth in his
Areopagitica: "For
books are not
absolutely dead things, but ...do
preserve as in...
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incidents **** book
burnings Burning of
books and
burying of
scholars Areopagitica; A
speech of Mr. John
Milton for the
Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing,...
- well-estimated the
difficulty of
attaining temperance. In his
essay Areopagitica, he
writes that
temperance requires prudence in
differentiating good...
