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PARADISE LOST

Book 9, The Fall

Lines 733 - 989

This book of all the books in PARADISE LOST, must be read to be appreciated. I will, therefore, comment little, trusting that you will listen carefully and thoughtfully to the words and message of Milton here.

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C. S. Lewis said this in MERE CHRISTIANITY, "anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself. That is why an uneducated believer like Bunyan was able to write a book that has astonished the whole world."

By all counts PILGRIM'S PROGRESS is one of the most influential and well-read books in all history. Lewis himself did it homage as a new Christian when he penned his own PILGRIM'S REGRESS soon after his conversion from theism to Christianity.

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The Apology is one of the most important texts in all of Western thought. Prior to the explicit dumbing down of Western education accomplished in the 20th century's Marxist educational revolution, knowledge of Socrates' trial and death was one of the anchors of Western cultural awareness. If we are to recover our culture we must return to our foundations, and Plato is the perfect place to start!

The Apology is Plato’s account of Socrates’ defense (which is what the Greek word apologeo means) before an Athenian jury of 501 citizens. It is ironic that the English transliteration of the Greek term carries connotations of saying “I’m sorry,” because this type of apology is nowhere to be found in Socrates’ speech. All trials of this type in Athens were required to be completed in a single day. The order of the trial was: 1) prosecution’s case, which we do not have, 2) defendant’s case (this is the point at which the Apology opens), 3) jury deliberation and verdict, 4) penalty phase, in which both the prosecution and the defense propose a penalty for those found guilty, 5) jury deliberation on penalty, and 6) closing words of the defendant.

As necessary background for the Apology, we must review some information on the paid itinerant teachers called Sophists. The most famous of these teachers was Protagoras, who famously claimed that “man is the measure of all things.” “Sophist” means ‘wise one,’ though by Plato and Socrates’ time it had morphed into a less-than-flattering appellation. As a result, our English term “sophistry” means clever but misleading reasoning. The reason for this reversal of meaning is that the Sophists were relativists, who taught rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. If, as Protagoras maintained, all standards are human in origin, then there is no right and wrong. Much of Socrates’ speech in the Apology is meant to distance himself from the Sophists, with whom he was popularly associated.

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Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its construction.

In Federalist number one Alexander Hamilton sets forth the ambition of arguing the following positions in favor of the adoption of the Constitution:

"I propose, in a series of papers, to discuss the following interesting particulars:

THE UTILITY OF THE UNION TO YOUR POLITICAL PROSPERITY

THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE PRESENT CONFEDERATION TO PRESERVE THAT UNION

THE NECESSITY OF A GOVERNMENT AT LEAST EQUALLY ENERGETIC WITH THE ONE PROPOSED, TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THIS OBJECT

THE CONFORMITY OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION TO THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT

ITS ANALOGY TO YOUR OWN STATE CONSTITUTION and lastly,

THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY WHICH ITS ADOPTION WILL AFFORD TO THE PRESERVATION OF THAT SPECIES OF GOVERNMENT, TO LIBERTY, AND TO PROPERTY."

Articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

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PARADISE LOST

Book 9, The Fall

Lines 473 - 732

This book of all the books in PARADISE LOST, must be read to be appreciated. I will, therefore, comment little, trusting that you will listen carefully and thoughtfully to the words and message of Milton here.

Paradise Lost Book 9 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts

This is an excellent summary and commentary on each of the books in PARADISE LOST. I strongly recommend reading these commentaries over as you listen to our readings of this great poem!

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#paradiselost #paradise #johnmilton #milton #poetry #poem #epic #epicpoem #classicpoetry #classicpoem #classics #westernliterature #satan #hell #earth #christianity #religion #thechristianatheist #drjohndwise #drjohnwise #johnwise #christian #atheist #christianity #atheism #jesus #jesuschrist #god #bible #oldtestament #newtestament #nocompromise #rationality #faith #philosophy #philosopher #culture #society #hegelism #hegel #reason #incarnation #history#psychology #theology #literature #humanities #hardquestions #postmodernism #woke #wisdom #ethics #science #poetry

C. S. Lewis said this in MERE CHRISTIANITY, "anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself. That is why an uneducated believer like Bunyan was able to write a book that has astonished the whole world."

By all counts PILGRIM'S PROGRESS is one of the most influential and well-read books in all history. Lewis himself did it homage as a new Christian when he penned his own PILGRIM'S REGRESS soon after his conversion from theism to Christianity.

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For more great content, check out our other podcasts:

The Christian Atheist: where faith and reason fuse in the incarnation …https://pod.link/1553077203

and

No Compromise: where faith and reason fuse in conversation …

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#thepilgrimprogress #christianallegory #bunyan #johnbunyan #theologicalfiction #bedfordshireprison #evangelist #obstinate #pliable #help #worldlywiseman #goodwill #beelzebub #interpreter #apollyon #faithful #cityofdestruction #poem #poetry #verse #literature #aestheticliterature #aesthetic #history #historical #philosophy #religion #christianity #bible #god #jesus #science #culture #society #humanities #wisdomofthepast #wisdom #classics #faith

The famous "Euthyphro dilemma" is taken from this dialogue: 'is something good, or "pious" because it is loved by god, or is it loved by god because it is "pious," or good?'

The dialogue, however, has many other fascinating aspects. It serves well as an introduction to the famous account of Socrates' trial (399 B. C.) in The Apology, which is arguably one of the most famous and important philosophical texts in the Western canon. It is one of the finest examples of Socratic (in opposition to Platonic) dialogue, the question-and-answer format that leads the reader and the participants to a more detailed understanding of the topic under consideration, even though it never answers the question.

There are two characters in this drama: 1) the famous Athenian philosopher, Socrates, who is on his way to his own trial on charges of A) impiety towards the gods, and B) corrupting the youth of Athens; and 2) Euthyphro, a priest of the Greek god Apollo, who is bringing a lawsuit against his father for murdering a worker on the family farm who'd killed a servant.

As a priest, Euthyphro claims to be an expert on "piety," and Socrates asks to be instructed on the topic, seeing that charge A against him - essentially the charge of atheism, or believing there are no divine beings - might require a knowledge of "piety" in his own defense. As usual in a Socratic dialogue, Socrates displays the inability of the "expert" to fully understand even his own discipline.

Along the way, we learn the Greek method of definition by genus and difference laid out later by Aristotle, as well as other fascinating things. We hope you enjoy this "blast from the past" here on Simple Gifts!

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Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay to appear anonymously in New York papers under the pseudonym "Publius" in 1787 and 1788, the Federalist Papers aimed to rally public support for the proposed Constitution of the United States. As such, it is one of the most important sources for understanding the original intent of the US Constitution by those who participated in its construction.

In Federalist number one Alexander Hamilton sets forth the ambition of arguing the following positions in favor of the adoption of the Constitution:

"I propose, in a series of papers, to discuss the following interesting particulars:

THE UTILITY OF THE UNION TO YOUR POLITICAL PROSPERITY

THE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE PRESENT CONFEDERATION TO PRESERVE THAT UNION

THE NECESSITY OF A GOVERNMENT AT LEAST EQUALLY ENERGETIC WITH THE ONE PROPOSED, TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THIS OBJECT

THE CONFORMITY OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION TO THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT

ITS ANALOGY TO YOUR OWN STATE CONSTITUTION and lastly,

THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY WHICH ITS ADOPTION WILL AFFORD TO THE PRESERVATION OF THAT SPECIES OF GOVERNMENT, TO LIBERTY, AND TO PROPERTY."

Articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

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No Compromise: where faith and reason fuse in conversation …