What John Milton thinks about curiosity
English poet and polemicist (1608 to 1674); author of Paradise Lost and Areopagitica.
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1 dated position, c. 1644, in their own words. Our reading of what John Milton has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsWhere there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.