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The Areopagitica was a work by John Milton against the licensing of publishing houses in England in 1644. Effectively, the Licensing Order of 1643 would have effectively stifled freedom of speech and expression. For that, it's an effective work of prose.
However, I found it a little long-winded at times, and filled with classical and biblical references. Most of which were interesting, but at the same time, I had wished for something a little more succinct.
When I compared this particular publishing of Areopagitica to the one included in Harvard Classics, Vol. 03: Bacon, Milton's Prose, Thomas Browne, the free version lacked any sort of footnotes or reference and was just the text itself, without any real context to Milton himself or at the time he wrote Areopagitica.
Despite this being a free e-book, I still think that you're better off getting the Harvard Classics, Volume 3 for the footnotes and introduction.
However, I found it a little long-winded at times, and filled with classical and biblical references. Most of which were interesting, but at the same time, I had wished for something a little more succinct.
When I compared this particular publishing of Areopagitica to the one included in Harvard Classics, Vol. 03: Bacon, Milton's Prose, Thomas Browne, the free version lacked any sort of footnotes or reference and was just the text itself, without any real context to Milton himself or at the time he wrote Areopagitica.
Despite this being a free e-book, I still think that you're better off getting the Harvard Classics, Volume 3 for the footnotes and introduction.
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I took a course in Milton and was so impressed with this book that I ordered it as a gift. It is the best argument for freedom of the press that I have ever read. The basic argument: Permit all speech, then use that free speech to persuade others to your point of view. In our politically charged, politically correct time, it is refreshing to find something that speaks to another way, written in a time when speech was not free. It is a strong reminder of the importance of reasoned thought without governmental controls.
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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
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Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
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