In the summer of 1638, Milton met Galileo.
Milton was 30 and had just kicked off his career as a poet. Galileo was 77, has been found guilty of heresy, and was under house arrest.
Less than 5 years later, England would be plunged into Civil War, and Milton would become a chief propagandist for the Puritan regime.
But when the Anglican royals were restored in 1660, Milton found himself a blind heretic, confined mostly to his home, writing *Paradise Lost.* In those days how often did he think back to his meeting with the famed Florentine?
My petition to narrate a Drunk History episode on this is still unanswered.
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 10:10 PM David Van Duzer dvd@tennica.net wrote:
This is definitely interesting! I've heard it described as "bananas from a historical theoretical perspective, but the underpinnings of Steve Bannon's thinking."
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 8:48 PM Libby Brittain elizbrittain@gmail.com wrote:
Seems like a good opportunity for a random framework.
Let's try Strauss and Howe's generational theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory
*libby brittain*
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 6:19 PM David Van Duzer dvd@tennica.net wrote:
The latest New Pornographers album. I am a big fan of the track Higher Beams.
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 2:52 PM Jon Bell jb@lot23.com wrote:
What’s an interesting thing?