Question
Answer the following about the influence of Greek philosophy in the works of John Milton, for 10 points each.
[10h] “The Lady” in this Miltonic work articulates the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus in claiming that her captor “canst touch the freedom of her mind.” This work’s title captor attempts to sway the Lady from virtue by trapping her in a chair, but she is freed by the Attendant Spirit.
ANSWER: Comus [accept descriptions of a Masque presented at Ludlow castle]
[10e] Milton depicts the Epicurean metaphysical notion of “void” in his description of Chaos, which Satan must journey through in Book II of this epic.
ANSWER: Paradise Lost
[10m] Milton notes that neither Epicureanism or Cynic philosophy were suppressed in ancient Greece in defense of free speech in his own day in this 1644 tract.
ANSWER: Areopagitica
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