Areopagitica
Areopagitica
‘’ I am not yet so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth . . . . ‘’
Samuel Johnson
I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment to have a vigilant eye on the intricacy and structure of sentences, and their building block (i.e. words) how they are interwoven together, like a magnificent brick followed by another to build up a sky scraper of knowledge embedded into the notions they are ornamented with. Samuel Johnson was a man who appreciated how words were; however, it is not Dr. Johnson who is under spot tonight, it is someone of a more delicate nature, someone who lived to influence history of thought and liberty - - much to conclude about him later.
My fellow reader as you are reading this paper about the man whom Presbyterians held a great concern to what he wrote, he evolved so to speak the conception of freedom of speech, thought, and press. I would like to point out how my paper is structured. First of all, as I am enchanted by Milton’s writings and I prefer to seek honesty in evaluating his work Areopagitica. I would like to follow an argumentative approach known by ‘adversary style’, that is: two structured arguments will be opposing each others to finalise the truth between two extremities. Eventually concluding with the final argument the modest mean between the two; also, addressing in them three basic concepts: Whether the argument approves of Milton’s position in Areopagitica, the persuasiveness of his argument, and the cogency of his argument.
My fellow reader I realise that it is not always easier to convince people of the truth instead of a falsehood. However, given enough time and enough arguments and enough quality rhetoric on both sides, I believe that the truth has a lighter burden to bear and will eventually win out—through, in part, the power of rhetoric.
It is worth to mention that the types of rhetoric – as Aristotle defined it in his book The Art of Rhetoric- could be
‘’ I am not yet so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth . . . . ‘’
Samuel Johnson
I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment to have a vigilant eye on the intricacy and structure of sentences, and their building block (i.e. words) how they are interwoven together, like a magnificent brick followed by another to build up a sky scraper of knowledge embedded into the notions they are ornamented with. Samuel Johnson was a man who appreciated how words were; however, it is not Dr. Johnson who is under spot tonight, it is someone of a more delicate nature, someone who lived to influence history of thought and liberty - - much to conclude about him later.
My fellow reader as you are reading this paper about the man whom Presbyterians held a great concern to what he wrote, he evolved so to speak the conception of freedom of speech, thought, and press. I would like to point out how my paper is structured. First of all, as I am enchanted by Milton’s writings and I prefer to seek honesty in evaluating his work Areopagitica. I would like to follow an argumentative approach known by ‘adversary style’, that is: two structured arguments will be opposing each others to finalise the truth between two extremities. Eventually concluding with the final argument the modest mean between the two; also, addressing in them three basic concepts: Whether the argument approves of Milton’s position in Areopagitica, the persuasiveness of his argument, and the cogency of his argument.
My fellow reader I realise that it is not always easier to convince people of the truth instead of a falsehood. However, given enough time and enough arguments and enough quality rhetoric on both sides, I believe that the truth has a lighter burden to bear and will eventually win out—through, in part, the power of rhetoric.
It is worth to mention that the types of rhetoric – as Aristotle defined it in his book The Art of Rhetoric- could be