Part of: The Prose Works of John Milton, 2 vols. The Prose Works of John Milton, vol. 1

Vol. 1 of a mid-19th century 2 volume of Milton’s most significant prose works. Vol. 1 contains Areopagitica, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates.

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Citation

The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction by Rufus Wilmot Griswold. In Two Volumes (Philadelphia: John W. Moore, 1847). Vol. 1.

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Sir Filmer wrote Patriarcha in defense of absolute monarchy and the divine right of kings. Milton challenges this defense in The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates.
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LIke Milton and Locke, Mill defends freedom of thought, discussion, and expression. His essay On Liberty argues that these freedoms are essential to the discovery of truth and fraud.

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