[Milton-L] Re: unfallen psychology

[Diane McColley]

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed and will contribute 
to this fascinating thread and to applaud Richard Strier's statement 
below and add my favorite bit of Milton's prose in defense of it:

 From  Christian Doctrine I, Chapter 18:

"Regeneration is that change operated by the Word and the Spirit, 
whereby the old man being destroyed, the inward man is regenerated by 
God after his own image, in all the faculties of his mind, insomuch 
that he becomes as it were a new creature, and the whole man is 
sanctified both in body and soul, for the service of God, and the 
performance of good works.  Is regenerated by God: namely, the Father, 
for no one generates, except the Father.  In all the faculties of his 
mind; that is to say, in understanding and will.  This renewal of the 
will can mean nothing, but a restoration to its former liberty."


On Jul 1, 2008, at 9:56 AM, richard strier wrote:

> To say that "Milton could not conceive of an unfallen human
> psychology, or represent it in language" seems to me to be
> EXACTLY wrong, and to thoroughly underestimate the
> astonishing achievement of the most original parts of PL
> (namely, the presentation of human life before the Fall).
> What a pity that someone devoted to Milton should think this.
>
> RS
>
>
> Richard Strier
> Department of English
> University of Chicago
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