tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post3582076533238742367..comments2023-10-19T02:34:26.595-07:00Comments on Team Milton: The Blind ProphetsGideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-38694780151296343822019-05-10T11:58:13.393-07:002019-05-10T11:58:13.393-07:00Just read Longfellow "Milton" with his r...Just read Longfellow "Milton" with his reference to Maeonides. Your comments were helpful. Thanks. PeterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09105249315164058660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-15152856016021511412013-09-27T20:50:55.210-07:002013-09-27T20:50:55.210-07:00your post is so interesting! first, i've known...your post is so interesting! first, i've known brother cowan since high school because he has the same eye disease as me, so this post is somewhat relatable to me! anyway, i wonder if paradise lost is so focused on satan's perspective and hell because milton is experiencing it (hell) for himself having lost his vision. i saw oedipus rex the play at byu this week, and i think it's notable (as you mentioned) that a lot of literary prophets don't have vision, like tiresias. i think brother cowan is a great example of someone who is blind with a greater wisdom; coincidently, he is my stake patriarch!ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01528786431151966314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-2878586382316234462013-09-27T12:22:26.904-07:002013-09-27T12:22:26.904-07:00"For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and ..."For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." It's interesting to think that afflictions may be both the cause and effect of righteousness and greatness - that maybe Milton went blind because He earnestly sought to serve God and was being purified through the blindness to become fit for that end. I'm reminded of Isaiah's vision, where, after Isaiah volunteers to be God's messenger, God sends seriphs with a flaming coal from the alter to purify the prophet's lips. I'm also, ironically, reminded of Manfred Mann: http://youtu.be/lcWVL4B-4pIlionboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495626815042960443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-34300137102824857312013-09-25T21:40:56.101-07:002013-09-25T21:40:56.101-07:00This is a super interesting idea. It's kind of...This is a super interesting idea. It's kind of interesting that a bunch of these figures were blinded as a punishment (i.e. that they had sight at first and then had it taken away). Sometimes it seems like trials like that are what it takes for us to be able to truly "see" as we ought to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730559977449669957noreply@blogger.com