<p>The invocation at the outset of Milton's Paradise Lost announces that he will 'justify the ways of God to men."  Yet most anthologies cut Book 3 of Paradise Lost, the Council of Heaven, in which the God explains the rationale for the lost paradise and all the events that ensue.    This episode seeks to address what has been lost to a generation of readers of Paradise Lost.</p>

The invocation at the outset of Milton's Paradise Lost announces that he will 'justify the ways of God to men." Yet most anthologies cut Book 3 of Paradise Lost, the Council of Heaven, in which the God explains the rationale for the lost paradise and all the events that ensue. This episode seeks to address what has been lost to a generation of readers of Paradise Lost.

<p>The invocation at the outset of Milton's Paradise Lost announces that he will 'justify the ways of God to men." &nbsp;Yet most anthologies cut Book 3 of Paradise Lost, the Council of Heaven, in which the God explains the rationale for the lost paradise and all the events that ensue. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This episode seeks to address what has been lost to a generation of readers of Paradise Lost.</p>

Paideia Today, Season Three, Episode Four, Milton

Paideia Today is a podcast in which Dr. Scott Masson and Dr. Bill Friesen, professors of English, discuss the great works of western literature. We do so from a now largely lost classical perspective, attempting to illustrate why 2800 years of the greatest thinkers valued these works above all others as keys to understanding the human condition.

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Paideia Today, Season Three, Episode Four, Milton

Paideia Today, Season Three, Episode Four, Milton