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A review by paterson
A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis
4.0
I haven’t read Milton (!) so I wasn’t a great conversation partner with Lewis. But I have read Beowulf.
My favorite chapter was ‘Hierarchy’. “...the modern idea that we can choose between Hierarchy and equality is, for Shakespeare’s Ulysses, mere moonshine. The real alternative is tyranny; if you will not have authority you will find yourself obeying brute force.”
My favorite chapter was ‘Hierarchy’. “...the modern idea that we can choose between Hierarchy and equality is, for Shakespeare’s Ulysses, mere moonshine. The real alternative is tyranny; if you will not have authority you will find yourself obeying brute force.”