Paradise Lost was not well received during Milton’s lifetime; Paradise Lost is now remembered as “the epic of Paradise lost” (Murrin 1096). Paradise Lost shows how humans can overcome sin through religious devotion, but also represents how sin destroys Paradise (Greenblatt 1818). Paradise Lost by John Milton, a 17th century epic poem about the Fall … Read more
An dining hall containing no more or less than the necessities for a comfortable dinner, materializes seemingly out of nothing. Enter Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century counter-enlightenment luminary; Charles Darwin, 19th century naturalist; Karl Marx, 19th century political philosopher; and Sigmund Freud, 20th century neurologist and founder of psychoanalytic theory. No one is alarmed that four … Read more
You cannot avoid it, you cannot out run it, you cannot fight it, there is no escaping. You can stand staring directly into a mirror for hours on end, but you will never see your reflection. And as you absorb the world around you, your mind will grow tired, your eyes will become blurry, and … Read more
