Milton and Free Will - An Essay in Criticism and Philosophy

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Milton and Free Will 2. The Acting Person 3. Reasons in Eden 4. Reasons in Europe at the End of the Nineteenth Century 5. Cor ad cor loquitur 6. Social Determination and Moral Laws 7. Evolution and Transcendence 8. The Law of Freedom 9. The Spirit of Différance 10. Freedom and History; References and Quotations; Index

Summary

First published in 1987. Milton and Free Will is an incisive, ambitious and comprehensive analysis and defence of the concept of free will, using Milton as an example and exemplar. Written with passion, the book will illuminate both Milton studies and philosophical debate.

Product details

• Authors: Myers, William Myers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780367139575
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13957-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Milton; Routledge Library Editions: Milton
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Poetry / poems by individual poets