This work unfavorably contrasts the "marginal Keri" of the Talmud with the Old Testament's "textual Chetiv," and argues that without the freedom to choose, Adam would have been "mere[ly] artificial."
This work unfavorably contrasts the "marginal Keri" of the Talmud with the Old Testament's "textual Chetiv," and argues that without the freedom to choose, Adam would have been "mere[ly] artificial." Later, it compares the "sad friends of Truth" to Isis looking for the pieces of Osiris' body, and uses the construction of Solomon's temple to symbolize the search for knowledge. It also compares books to dragon's teeth that "may…spring up armed men," and concludes by asserting that a certain piece of legislation will cause "the discouragement of all learning" in England. Asserting that "he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself," it is named for a speech given by Isocrates and was aimed at the Licensing Order of 1643, FTP, name this anti- censorship tract written by John Milton.
This work unfavorably contrasts the "marginal Keri" of the Talmud with the Old Testament's "textual Chetiv," and argues that without the freedom to choose, Adam would have been "mere[ly] artificial."
{Areopagitica}