Monday, December 9, 2019

Tis Better to Rule in Hell Then to Serve in Heaven


Tis Better to Rule in Hell Then to Serve in Heaven



Today is the anniversary of the birth in 1608 of John Milton, author of (among many other works) Paradise Lost (released in 1667). He was as well an important political commentator, arguing against censorship and licensing of publication in Areopagitica.



In Paradise Lost, Milton describes the battle with the fallen angels, their expulsion from Heaven and the three-day fall that brought them to Hell (referred to as Tartarus).  The quotation “Tis better to rule in Hell then to serve in Heaven.” appears in Book 1 at line 263, part of a monologue by Satan.

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