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Parallels between Milton and Newton Parallels between Milton and Newton
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Arianism in Milton and Newton Arianism in Milton and Newton
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Possible Lines of Influence Possible Lines of Influence
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Arianism’s Implications: Free will vs. Divine Omnipotence Arianism’s Implications: Free will vs. Divine Omnipotence
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17 Milton, Newton, and the Implications of Arianism
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Published:July 2016
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Abstract
Conventional periodization has separated John Milton, the last Renaissance poet, from Isaac Newton, the first Enlightenment natural philosopher. But their lives and their circles of friends overlapped, and their shared intellectual positions are numerous and substantial, embracing theology, biblical hermeneutics, natural philosophy, and metaphysics. Arianism plays a defining role Milton’s and Newton’s complex, mirroring systems, both accounting for much of what is shared and highlighting a crucial difference between their fundamental imperatives: freedom of the will for Milton and divine omnipotence for Newton. Viewed from the perspective of the years following his death, Milton seems less an eccentric and idiosyncratic voice and more an early adopter of important strains of thought in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England.
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