Aquinas on creation and the metaphysical foundations of science
Abstract: In John Milton's Paradise Lost, God sends the angel Raphael to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to inform them of Satan's rebellion and of the fallen angel's consequent plan to seduce the happy couple. Raphael's story of the fall of Satan and the creation of the wo...
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
2021
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| Sumario: | Abstract: In John Milton's Paradise Lost, God sends the angel Raphael to Adam and Eve in
the Garden of Eden to inform them of Satan's rebellion and of the fallen angel's
consequent plan to seduce the happy couple. Raphael's story of the fall of Satan and
the creation of the world is part of God's purpose to make sure that the first human
beings are «sufficient to stand», although «free to fall». Indeed, the defense of
freedom, divine and creaturely, is at the heart of Milton's great epic. Unlike those
who deny human freedom in order to protect divine omni-potence, Milton seeks to
affirm man's freedom in a world created by God. |
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