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... Milton . This is not , of course , an entirely original proposition . The association between Protestantism , capitalism , and rationalism is almost ... Milton towers over his contemporaries , 52 JOHN MILTON AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.
... Milton . This is not , of course , an entirely original proposition . The association between Protestantism , capitalism , and rationalism is almost ... Milton towers over his contemporaries , 52 JOHN MILTON AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.
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... Milton's heresy ; many of them were orthodox Calvinists . But as the leading Independent intellectual , Milton was able to articulate theoretically and coherently those notions , often only half - formed and dimly perceived , which ...
... Milton's heresy ; many of them were orthodox Calvinists . But as the leading Independent intellectual , Milton was able to articulate theoretically and coherently those notions , often only half - formed and dimly perceived , which ...
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... Milton hurriedly moves on from this incident too , and indeed it appears as little more than a brief introduction to the second , and , in the poem , by far the most important temptation , that of the kingdoms of the world . There are ...
... Milton hurriedly moves on from this incident too , and indeed it appears as little more than a brief introduction to the second , and , in the poem , by far the most important temptation , that of the kingdoms of the world . There are ...
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The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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