Just are the ways of God,
And justifiable to men;
Unless there be who think not God at all.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

John Milton

Source

Samson Agonistes Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 293.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems, edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon. Modern Library, 2012, I. 293.

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Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

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