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... Satan's persona . He is at all times a concrete individual , and , even admitting John Peter's suggestion that he is ... Satan ; it is reminiscent of Shakespeare , rather than of Homer . 50 But if Satan is the most striking example ...
... Satan's persona . He is at all times a concrete individual , and , even admitting John Peter's suggestion that he is ... Satan ; it is reminiscent of Shakespeare , rather than of Homer . 50 But if Satan is the most striking example ...
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... Satan's motivation — as from his singularly unsuccessful attempt to personalise an essentially impersonal God . Satan's rebellion against the God in whom Milton actually believes , that is the God who is reason , law , and truth , would ...
... Satan's motivation — as from his singularly unsuccessful attempt to personalise an essentially impersonal God . Satan's rebellion against the God in whom Milton actually believes , that is the God who is reason , law , and truth , would ...
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... Satan occasioned by the second temptation , the third and final temptation appears somewhat anti - climactic . And the very brevity of Milton's treatment indicates something of his own lack of interest in the intellectual substance of ...
... Satan occasioned by the second temptation , the third and final temptation appears somewhat anti - climactic . And the very brevity of Milton's treatment indicates something of his own lack of interest in the intellectual substance of ...
Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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