Areopagitica and Other Prose Works

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This collection of Milton's most significant prose works features the famous tract "Areopagitica," a defense of freedom of speech against censorship and licensing. Four additional selections include "Of Education," "Meditation Upon Divine Justice and The Death of King Charles the First," "The Doctrine and Disciple of Divorce," and "Autobiographical Extracts."

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One of the greatest of English poets, John Milton (1608-74) is best known for his immortal epic, Paradise Lost. A prolific pamphleteer and polemicist, he is also a giant in the history of political thought and philosophy who opposed state-sponsored religion and championed liberty of conscience.