Ascent : philosophy and Paradise Lost / Tzachi Zamir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zamir, Tzachi, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.

Milton, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 203 pages)

Other Title:

Philosophy and Paradise Lost

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Engaging with heady topics such as knowledge, meaningful agency, vitality, and gratitude, 'Ascent' advances an argument regarding Milton's 'Paradise Lost' and the role of the imagination in religion. Miltonists are offered not a contextualization of Milton's views relative to his contemporaries or predecessors, but rather an attempt to bring him into conversation with pressing topics of contemporary philosophy.

Contents:

At the base camp - imagining

First climb - wisdom

First crossroad - knowledge

Second climb - meaningful action

Second crossroad - purchase

Third climb - meaningless action

Third crossroad - place

Fourth climb - receiving

Fourth crossroad - needs

Fifth climb - gratitude

Fifth crossroad - sin

At the summit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 17, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-069510-2

0-19-069511-0