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Page 27
... evil Hazael would bring upon the children of Israel in the course of a few years , 2 Kings viii . 12. Yet no one would affirm that the evil took place necessarily on account of the foreknowledge of Elisha ; for had he never foreknown it ...
... evil Hazael would bring upon the children of Israel in the course of a few years , 2 Kings viii . 12. Yet no one would affirm that the evil took place necessarily on account of the foreknowledge of Elisha ; for had he never foreknown it ...
Page 43
... evil can lead to being fooled by evil . So there is really no way out of the paradox . In any case , for Milton a life of effortless virtue in a seasonless and workless Paradise was , as Socrates said of the unexamined life , ave ...
... evil can lead to being fooled by evil . So there is really no way out of the paradox . In any case , for Milton a life of effortless virtue in a seasonless and workless Paradise was , as Socrates said of the unexamined life , ave ...
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... Evil for Milton remained evil , something called forth by the Fall and subsequently to be constantly fought against . Milton would have thought Pope's formulation altogether too slick . His own sterner view of the nature of evil and the ...
... Evil for Milton remained evil , something called forth by the Fall and subsequently to be constantly fought against . Milton would have thought Pope's formulation altogether too slick . His own sterner view of the nature of evil and the ...
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