Areopagitica
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What’s it about?
In a passionate plea to Parliament, John Milton argues that censorship kills truth and virtue, defending the freedom to publish without prior approval as essential to human dignity and the pursuit of knowledge.
You’ll learn
- Censorship is a tool of tyrants
- Virtue must be tested to be real
- Truth emerges from open debate
- Free expression is a sacred liberty