Friday, August 10, 2018

Milton on Truth


Milton speaks out for free speech and argues that truth can fend for itself against falsehood:
Let her and Falshood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the wors, in a free and open encounter. (Milton Reading Room: Darthmouth)
My question: Is Milton correct? Can truth fend for itself? Or can falsehood sometimes defeat truth?

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5 Comments:

At 10:25 AM, Blogger Carter Kaplan said...

You are now automatically sent to Twitter (as well as a feed to the automatic IA facebook page (we have two pages on fb, the auto page and the discussion page).


HERE

 
At 10:33 AM, Blogger Carter Kaplan said...

BTW, I did not address this specific question, but I gave a talk on this subject (and quoted this line) at the WAH Center last July.

As Reported Here

 
At 11:11 AM, Blogger Horace Jeffery Hodges said...

Thanks, Carter. I will see if more comments appear as a result.

Jeffery Hodges

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At 2:27 AM, Blogger Carter Kaplan said...

It seems to be working.

 
At 7:08 AM, Blogger Horace Jeffery Hodges said...

Good.

Jeffery Hodges

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