We have officially embarked down Paradise Lost! Hope you all enjoy! Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts. Let me know below if you have read it? Ralston College: www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma?
I have read Paradise Lost before. Loving your reflections on how Milton wrote this great poem when he was blind. Truly mind-boggling that he created such a complex work entirely through dictation.
It is almost unbelievable to be honest. Just shows how much was stored in his mind at this point. I can barely recall a week ago and he is creating such an epic poem. Makes it that much more special. Truly appreciate you watching my friend and hope all has been well!
Even for atheists (like me) Paradise Lost is enthralling! Such a great and deep work. It's like the music of Bach. The Romanian philosopher E.M. Cioran said: "If anyone owed everything to Bach it must be God". The same can be said about Milton.
I have never heard that saying but I would definitely agree. Reading Milton's Paradise Lost is like experiencing a song that just hits deep inside of you. I can see where this work surpasses religious preference and can be appreciated by all. Thank you so much for watching. Hope all has been well my friend!
I truly appreciate hearing that. Especially as I sit here finishing up the last few edits on the next video in the series. Thanks for watching my friend and stay blessed!
Wow Rob, what a find! I just signed up for the free Paradise Lost course at Hillsdale last night and I find this!! I feel like I’m already getting a course here with you! Can’t wait to start reading! Btw, I had to pause your video, stopped chewing my food and stared off into space for a long moment at the description of hell that Milton wrote. Spectacular writing! Anyway, can’t wait to read it and also to watch your videos along with my readings! Keep this up, I’m a new subscriber!! ❤
Haha yes indeed! I am working on the last video now which will cover books 11 and 12. It has been one of the best literary works I have ever read. I saw Hillsdale is putting a course on it out and I am so looking forward to going through it and seeing what they have to say. Hillsdale’s production quality and info is unparalleled! So, my apologies if mine appears “amateur” to there production! Lol Highly suggest listening to the book after you read it as well. The flow of hearing it and the language helps so much. Please just enjoy and study it. I can’t say enough good things about Milton and this poem. Thanks for watching and stay blessed!
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for watching. Paradise Lost is such an amazing book. The genius of Milton blows me a way. Stay blessed my friend!
I have not read Paradise Lost. But have looked at it through the years. I recently picked up a copy of The Iliad. Listening to you as you go through these classics as awaken an interest. Liked you analysis of the first two books. Makes a person think. Which I like. An commend you on this. We definitely need these is our class rooms for today. Take care. Look forward to the next session
Truly appreciate the kind words and glad these videos have inspired others to read through the classics. These old books have really grounded me over the last year. So far it has been time worth spent and I am looking forward to reading the Iliad as well. So many of these old books reference Homer that it would definitely help to read them first. Thanks for watching and hope all has been well my friend!
I LOVED Paradise Lost, Milton was a great for sure. Your opening analysis and suggestion was right on. One great thing about these anthologies is you can re-read them in context of a theme (rather than a serial reading) You touched on some great essay/research topics. Cheers!
Thanks so much for the kind words. Reading Milton has definitely broadened my understanding of literature and allowed me to appreciate poetry from a different light. I am anxious to see what Shakespeare has to offer when we get there. Truly appreciate you watching and hope all has been well my friend!
Excellent work of literature. For those wanting another way to engage with the story - a dramatic version narrated by Sir Ian McKellan (aka Gandalf) was broadcast by the BBC a few years back and is a quick listen!
Awesome! I was not aware of this. I would love to hear this in Gandalf’s voice. I will most definitely look that up. Truly appreciate you sharing and thanks so much for watching! Stay blessed my friend!
It is probably the best book/poem I have read yet in the Harvard Classics. I really like Franklin's Autobiography just because I love that time period but as far as expanding my literary understanding and challenging me to read deeper. Hands down this poem has made me work for it and because of that it holds the most value at this point in the series. Hope you get a chance to read it and enjoy. Thanks so much for watching!
Wendigoon has a really good video on this too! I’ve read it before for my communications degree. My professor thought it was a sympathetic look at evil, I thought she misunderstood the text and was projecting onto it
Ohh wow! Just looked up Wendigoon and can’t believe I haven’t come across that channel yet. Their huge! I will definitely check them out. I get her point but that is what allows Milton to stand out. He allowed the Satan to have some of the best speeches and lines in the book. To me he created a character that you know you are suppose to hate… but deep down you kind of feel different about him. I don’t think he shows Sympathy to evil but makes us think a little deeper about how conniving and adaptable Satan can be in whichever character he needs to display at the moment. I felt like this when Heath Ledger played Batman. You know he is the bad guy, but you just can’t help but love something hidden about the character. I’m rambling at this point. Haha thanks so much for watching and stay blessed!
The coming Friday I (hopefully) have my friends over. It is up to me to plan out this evening. And I decided that we will have an evening where we talk about what we want and how we percieve each other. As an introduction I will show them the video of yours with the title: _"The POWER OF POETRY And The BEAUTY OF RHYME"_ I have not read Paradise Lost and it sounds like a very interesting story.
Haha that’s so cool to hear! I hope they find it enjoyable. If you like classical literature I think you would enjoy Paradise Lost. For me, it takes some effort to get through but it has been very worth the time. Stay blessed my friend!
@@The_Cause Last time I showed them Three videos on the great western and eastern books by Alexander Arguelles. I found it intersting as it gave an overview and critique from a guy who specializes in that type of stuff. Their response was that they expected a more close up view on it. If I remember correctly I already recommended your channel to them, but I doubt they have watched it yet. And now that I can use one of your videos as an introduction to a topic I will use that chance.
Well I appreciate you taking the opportunity to share my videos. That means a lot. Really cool that you have some friends that are in to this kind of stuff. Most of mine are not so it makes it hard to talk about these books to anyone in person. Thanks again for sharing my friend. I hope they enjoy it.
@@The_Cause Both of them had Latin at school while I didn't. One of them went all the way to a linguistic bachelor. The other one went the electrical engineering route (like I did as well). But generally speaking this is not actually their interest. We just started meeting every other Friday evening. We alternate in who plans the evening and the goal is to share our hobbies. Which means I don't have to take into consideration if they actually like it or not. This deepens our friendship as we get to know each other and it also helps us learing to show interest in other people who are not like us.
Enjoying this summary and discussion! I wondered also about God placing those creatures at the gates of Hell, but in the annotated edition I read, a footnote said that Milton was creating an analogy, or maybe allegory is the right word here. Sin leads to Death, which leads to Hell. So that's why Sin and Death are "guarding" the gates of hell.
Oh wow! That is a really good point. I may need to check out a copy with the annotations as I did not realize they explained stuff like that. Have you finished it yet? Creating videos as I read through has really slowed me down. I am sure you can related with the video creation process. Sometimes I feel I bit off more than I can chew! haha Thanks for watching and stay blessed!
Satan's rebellion echoes a theme found in other stories probably the most famous being the Olympian Gods overthrow of the Titans. I think this reflects the human yearning for freedom and the resolve to throw off the chains of oppression even if success is uncertain. They are willing to brave the danger. You can see this in historical events such as the American revolution in which 13 weak colonies took on the strongest military force in the world at the time. Zeus won while Satan lost but winning or losing isn't the point it's the struggle that has meaning
Such a great comment. I noticed that as well. At least in the first two books the problem is freedom. Good and evil may come next and may be used as a weapon but, Satans sole focus at the moment is liberty from hell. Mix a need for liberty with an enormous dose of revenge and that seems to be where Satan is currently at on his journey. Truly appreciate you watching my friend and stay blessed!
I heard he created Pandemonium so I looked into it more and he created so many words we use today. I figured Shakespeare would have created more as well but I think it was Milton mixing his vast knowledge of Greek and Latin with English. Truly appreciate you watching buddy and hope all has been well!
@@The_Cause Shakespeare definitely has the larger following in English Literature compared to Milton. It makes sense. My first introduction to Milton was a reference in the Star Trek episode Space Seed not in school.
I most definitely will! Looks like you are about to catch up to the end! I need to kick it up a bit and get some more videos out. I truly appreciate you going along this journey with me. We have a long way to go!
I have a new series I am going to be adding to the channel which I think you will like. Hoping to introduce it next week. I plan to pick a theme and do an 8 book reading on each theme. Should be pretty cool. I would love to hear your thoughts when I put it out.
Haha that would be a great podcast episode. A good moderator would be needed for that one! Lol if only. Thanks for watching and stay blessed my friend!
I truly appreciate hearing that. I don’t have a background in it but i do enjoy reading and discussing these stories. Heck I don’t feel qualified or worthy to comment on half of them. Thanks so much for watching and stay blessed!
Paradise Lost is not entirely rhymeless, there are a few rhymes here and there, see John S. Diekhoff, "Rhyme in Paradise Lost", PMLA, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Jun., 1934), pp. 539-543.
There are a few for sure. There are also acrostics in the poem. He spells “Satan” out once I noticed. So many things are hidden in there that I probably did not even catch. Thanks for sharing and stay blessed!
The sad part is that people think the Bible is literal. They think the human mind is not god. If Heaven is in the sky the bird will proceed you. If you use the mind to think of god or read about a god or understanding then that is the God. John 1. If the beginning was Logic and Understanding. It was with god. It is god. Learn the ancient sayings and you will be wise. Proverbs 1:6.
Very good points! I think Milton and many people during that time took a more literal approach to the Bible. He sure had a fun time describing his ideas of it. Truly appreciate you watching and stay blessed my friend!
@@CosmicAnew god is an adjective. Or something invisible that rules your every being from an invisible realm. Every thing you can say about “god” you can say the same about the mind of a man.
Do Not Stop Making Videos…. You Are A Hidden Gem💯
Well I truly appreciate that! Thanks so much for the kind words. I truly hope you enjoyed the video and stay blessed my friend!
We have officially embarked down Paradise Lost! Hope you all enjoy! Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts. Let me know below if you have read it?
Ralston College: www.ralston.ac/humanities-ma?
Going to need a few pots of coffee to get through this one. Milton slinging our words and phrases I never heard of!
Wait until he gets to earth. You going to need a little something extra in that coffee to keep up!
I have read Paradise Lost before. Loving your reflections on how Milton wrote this great poem when he was blind. Truly mind-boggling that he created such a complex work entirely through dictation.
It is almost unbelievable to be honest. Just shows how much was stored in his mind at this point. I can barely recall a week ago and he is creating such an epic poem. Makes it that much more special. Truly appreciate you watching my friend and hope all has been well!
Even for atheists (like me) Paradise Lost is enthralling! Such a great and deep work. It's like the music of Bach. The Romanian philosopher E.M. Cioran said: "If anyone owed everything to Bach it must be God". The same can be said about Milton.
I have never heard that saying but I would definitely agree. Reading Milton's Paradise Lost is like experiencing a song that just hits deep inside of you. I can see where this work surpasses religious preference and can be appreciated by all. Thank you so much for watching. Hope all has been well my friend!
Thank you for spending the time to make these videos. These are great.
I truly appreciate hearing that. Especially as I sit here finishing up the last few edits on the next video in the series. Thanks for watching my friend and stay blessed!
Thanks!
Right back at ya! I truly appreciate the support my friend! Really means a lot. Stay blessed!
Wow Rob, what a find! I just signed up for the free Paradise Lost course at Hillsdale last night and I find this!! I feel like I’m already getting a course here with you! Can’t wait to start reading! Btw, I had to pause your video, stopped chewing my food and stared off into space for a long moment at the description of hell that Milton wrote. Spectacular writing! Anyway, can’t wait to read it and also to watch your videos along with my readings! Keep this up, I’m a new subscriber!! ❤
Haha yes indeed! I am working on the last video now which will cover books 11 and 12. It has been one of the best literary works I have ever read. I saw Hillsdale is putting a course on it out and I am so looking forward to going through it and seeing what they have to say. Hillsdale’s production quality and info is unparalleled! So, my apologies if mine appears “amateur” to there production! Lol
Highly suggest listening to the book after you read it as well. The flow of hearing it and the language helps so much. Please just enjoy and study it. I can’t say enough good things about Milton and this poem. Thanks for watching and stay blessed!
Wow! this is awesome. Thank you Rob
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for watching. Paradise Lost is such an amazing book. The genius of Milton blows me a way. Stay blessed my friend!
I have not read Paradise Lost. But have looked at it through the years. I recently picked up a copy of The Iliad. Listening to you as you go through these classics as awaken an interest. Liked you analysis of the first two books. Makes a person think. Which I like. An commend you on this. We definitely need these is our class rooms for today. Take care. Look forward to the next session
Truly appreciate the kind words and glad these videos have inspired others to read through the classics. These old books have really grounded me over the last year. So far it has been time worth spent and I am looking forward to reading the Iliad as well. So many of these old books reference Homer that it would definitely help to read them first. Thanks for watching and hope all has been well my friend!
I LOVED Paradise Lost, Milton was a great for sure. Your opening analysis and suggestion was right on. One great thing about these anthologies is you can re-read them in context of a theme (rather than a serial reading) You touched on some great essay/research topics. Cheers!
Thanks so much for the kind words. Reading Milton has definitely broadened my understanding of literature and allowed me to appreciate poetry from a different light. I am anxious to see what Shakespeare has to offer when we get there. Truly appreciate you watching and hope all has been well my friend!
Excellent work of literature. For those wanting another way to engage with the story - a dramatic version narrated by Sir Ian McKellan (aka Gandalf) was broadcast by the BBC a few years back and is a quick listen!
Awesome! I was not aware of this. I would love to hear this in Gandalf’s voice. I will most definitely look that up. Truly appreciate you sharing and thanks so much for watching! Stay blessed my friend!
@@The_Cause Love the channel brother! Back at you.
This channel has been a blast so far. I appreciate the kind words!
I haven't read this one but I've been looking forward to it.
It is probably the best book/poem I have read yet in the Harvard Classics. I really like Franklin's Autobiography just because I love that time period but as far as expanding my literary understanding and challenging me to read deeper. Hands down this poem has made me work for it and because of that it holds the most value at this point in the series. Hope you get a chance to read it and enjoy. Thanks so much for watching!
Wendigoon has a really good video on this too! I’ve read it before for my communications degree. My professor thought it was a sympathetic look at evil, I thought she misunderstood the text and was projecting onto it
Ohh wow! Just looked up Wendigoon and can’t believe I haven’t come across that channel yet. Their huge! I will definitely check them out.
I get her point but that is what allows Milton to stand out. He allowed the Satan to have some of the best speeches and lines in the book. To me he created a character that you know you are suppose to hate… but deep down you kind of feel different about him. I don’t think he shows Sympathy to evil but makes us think a little deeper about how conniving and adaptable Satan can be in whichever character he needs to display at the moment. I felt like this when Heath Ledger played Batman. You know he is the bad guy, but you just can’t help but love something hidden about the character. I’m rambling at this point. Haha thanks so much for watching and stay blessed!
Excellent work as always! Such a grounded approach to these amazing works. Keep it up.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it and thanks so much for watching. Lots to ground in Paradise Lost! Haha stay blessed my friend!
Awesome! looking forward to the rest
Thanks my friend! Truly appreciate you watching and hope you stay blessed!
Excited for this one!
I was too! It did not disappoint. Always appreciate you watching my friend and stay blessed!
The coming Friday I (hopefully) have my friends over. It is up to me to plan out this evening. And I decided that we will have an evening where we talk about what we want and how we percieve each other. As an introduction I will show them the video of yours with the title: _"The POWER OF POETRY And The BEAUTY OF RHYME"_
I have not read Paradise Lost and it sounds like a very interesting story.
Haha that’s so cool to hear! I hope they find it enjoyable. If you like classical literature I think you would enjoy Paradise Lost. For me, it takes some effort to get through but it has been very worth the time. Stay blessed my friend!
@@The_Cause Last time I showed them Three videos on the great western and eastern books by Alexander Arguelles. I found it intersting as it gave an overview and critique from a guy who specializes in that type of stuff. Their response was that they expected a more close up view on it.
If I remember correctly I already recommended your channel to them, but I doubt they have watched it yet. And now that I can use one of your videos as an introduction to a topic I will use that chance.
Well I appreciate you taking the opportunity to share my videos. That means a lot. Really cool that you have some friends that are in to this kind of stuff. Most of mine are not so it makes it hard to talk about these books to anyone in person. Thanks again for sharing my friend. I hope they enjoy it.
@@The_Cause Both of them had Latin at school while I didn't.
One of them went all the way to a linguistic bachelor. The other one went the electrical engineering route (like I did as well).
But generally speaking this is not actually their interest. We just started meeting every other Friday evening. We alternate in who plans the evening and the goal is to share our hobbies. Which means I don't have to take into consideration if they actually like it or not. This deepens our friendship as we get to know each other and it also helps us learing to show interest in other people who are not like us.
That is a really cool concept! I may have to seek out a few friends close by and try and create something similar. You are in Switzerland correct?
Enjoying this summary and discussion! I wondered also about God placing those creatures at the gates of Hell, but in the annotated edition I read, a footnote said that Milton was creating an analogy, or maybe allegory is the right word here. Sin leads to Death, which leads to Hell. So that's why Sin and Death are "guarding" the gates of hell.
Oh wow! That is a really good point. I may need to check out a copy with the annotations as I did not realize they explained stuff like that. Have you finished it yet? Creating videos as I read through has really slowed me down. I am sure you can related with the video creation process. Sometimes I feel I bit off more than I can chew! haha Thanks for watching and stay blessed!
First to like! Woo!
No time to watch now, though. I'll be back...
Haha when I was checking to see if it published, I already had a like. I was like no way someone got here that fast! Lol
Satan's rebellion echoes a theme found in other stories probably the most famous being the Olympian Gods overthrow of the Titans. I think this reflects the human yearning for freedom and the resolve to throw off the chains of oppression even if success is uncertain. They are willing to brave the danger. You can see this in historical events such as the American revolution in which 13 weak colonies took on the strongest military force in the world at the time. Zeus won while Satan lost but winning or losing isn't the point it's the struggle that has meaning
Such a great comment. I noticed that as well. At least in the first two books the problem is freedom. Good and evil may come next and may be used as a weapon but, Satans sole focus at the moment is liberty from hell. Mix a need for liberty with an enormous dose of revenge and that seems to be where Satan is currently at on his journey. Truly appreciate you watching my friend and stay blessed!
I’ve been waiting for this one. I was not aware that Milton coined 3x new English words than Shakespeare 🤔
I heard he created Pandemonium so I looked into it more and he created so many words we use today. I figured Shakespeare would have created more as well but I think it was Milton mixing his vast knowledge of Greek and Latin with English. Truly appreciate you watching buddy and hope all has been well!
@@The_Cause Shakespeare definitely has the larger following in English Literature compared to Milton. It makes sense. My first introduction to Milton was a reference in the Star Trek episode Space Seed not in school.
New to the channel. Great video
Glad to have you here my friend and truly appreciate you watching. Hope you enjoy and stay blessed!
keep up these amazing vidos🙌
I most definitely will! Looks like you are about to catch up to the end! I need to kick it up a bit and get some more videos out. I truly appreciate you going along this journey with me. We have a long way to go!
@The_Cause oh that's true lol, I'm finally going to catch up soon
I have a new series I am going to be adding to the channel which I think you will like. Hoping to introduce it next week. I plan to pick a theme and do an 8 book reading on each theme. Should be pretty cool. I would love to hear your thoughts when I put it out.
@The_Cause that's nice to hear, I really cannot wait😁
I want to ask what are those books but at the same time I don't want to spoil the surprise lol
Holy cow the top comment says it all. - you are definitely a gem.
Well thank you so much for the kind words! I truly appreciate that. Thanks for watching and stay blessed!
If it were only possible for Milton and Nietzsche to have had a discussion.
Haha that would be a great podcast episode. A good moderator would be needed for that one! Lol if only. Thanks for watching and stay blessed my friend!
Ohhh boy! Going to need to pour a "hellish hot" cup of coffee for this one. See you in hell Rob!
Not personally planning on going. We are just… reading about it.
you have natural talent with this shit bro
I truly appreciate hearing that. I don’t have a background in it but i do enjoy reading and discussing these stories. Heck I don’t feel qualified or worthy to comment on half of them. Thanks so much for watching and stay blessed!
Paradise Lost is not entirely rhymeless, there are a few rhymes here and there, see John S. Diekhoff, "Rhyme in Paradise Lost", PMLA, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Jun., 1934), pp. 539-543.
There are a few for sure. There are also acrostics in the poem. He spells “Satan” out once I noticed. So many things are hidden in there that I probably did not even catch. Thanks for sharing and stay blessed!
The sad part is that people think the Bible is literal. They think the human mind is not god.
If Heaven is in the sky the bird will proceed you.
If you use the mind to think of god or read about a god or understanding then that is the God.
John 1. If the beginning was Logic and Understanding. It was with god. It is god.
Learn the ancient sayings and you will be wise. Proverbs 1:6.
Very good points! I think Milton and many people during that time took a more literal approach to the Bible. He sure had a fun time describing his ideas of it. Truly appreciate you watching and stay blessed my friend!
They think the ego is God. Humanity is of God’s creation which is perfect. The flaws come from the ego.
@@CosmicAnew god is an adjective. Or something invisible that rules your every being from an invisible realm. Every thing you can say about “god” you can say the same about the mind of a man.
Heck yeah! Let’s get this Saturday started right!
Yes indeed! Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching. Stay blessed!