DECEMBER 9-PERSON OF THE DAY-JOHN MILTON

"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."

Above lines are at most relevant in the present condition of our world,where people who rise voice against something bad are considered abnormal and are outcasted.

Exactly 406 years ago,on this day,our world was blessed.. On of the greatest English poet ever lived, John Milton was born on December 9, of 1608. Famous for his work Paradise Lost, has written almost 10 poems and drams, and more than 25 prose.

He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644)—written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship—is among history's most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and freedom of the press.

His famous poems and dramas include:

1631: L'Allegro

1631: Il Penseroso

1634: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 commonly known as Comus (a masque)

1638: Lycidas

1645: Poems of Mr John Milton, Both English and Latin

1655: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

1667: Paradise Lost

1671: Paradise Regained

1671: Samson Agonistes

1673: Poems, &c, Upon Several Occasions

Proses include:

Of Reformation (1641)

Of Prelatical Episcopacy (1641)

Animadversions (1641)

The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty (1642)

Apology for Smectymnuus (1642)

Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643)

Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce (1644)

Of Education (1644)

Areopagitica (1644)

Tetrachordon (1645)

Colasterion (1645)

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)

Eikonoklastes (1649)

Defensio pro Populo Anglicano [First Defence] (1651)

Defensio Secunda [Second Defence] (1654)

A Treatise of Civil Power (1659)

The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church (1659)

The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (1660)

Brief Notes Upon a Late Sermon (1660)

Accedence Commenced Grammar (1669)

History of Britain (1670)

Artis logicae plenior institutio [Art of Logic] (1672)

Of True Religion (1673)

Epistolae Familiaries (1674)

Prolusiones (1674)

A brief History of Moscovia, and other less known Countries lying Eastward of Russia as far as Cathay, gathered from the writings of several Eye-witnesses (1682)[114]

De Doctrina Christiana (1823)

The great poet died on 8th of November, 1674