1st Edition

Milton and Free Will An Essay in Criticism and Philosophy

By William Myers Copyright 1987
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

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, and out of a lifelong engagement with the poetry of Milton and the philosophical and theological problems it encompasses, the book will illuminate both Milton studies and philosophical debate.... Read more

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

Biography

William Myers