John Milton vs. Miguel de Cervantes
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
John Milton
1608 – 1674
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan, and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden.
"Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold."
Miguel de Cervantes
1547 – 1616
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature".
"Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world."
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