The happy life seems barred to the man who has no part in learning.

***So, I blogged about the reading questions instead of looking at the actual prompts for the blog post. More coming. Hang on.

The first similarity I found between the two articles:

          In Milton's "Of Education" he talks about the end aims of learning: to help them to contemplate on moral good and evil and to "repair the ruins of our first parents."
          "Prolusions 7" talks about how learning cannot lead to happiness if we don't take into account our eternal life. "The more deeply we delve into the wondrous wisdom, the marvelous skill, and the astounding variety of it's creation (we we cannot do without the aid of learning), the greater grows the wonder and awe we feel for it's Creator and the louder the praises we offer him." He considered learning without virtue to be far more harmful than virtue without learning.

The second similarity:

On "Of Education"

          "Of Education" has solidified a recent inkling of mine that essays are my favorite type of literary genre. This is just a beautifully organized piece of work, right?
          So, Milton doesn't seem to be at peace with the education he was given. I guess that's why he's spent so much time crafting the ideal education for others:

•Start with grammar and usage
•arithmetic and geometry
•agriculture and physiology
•mathematics
•various sciences (such as botany and anatomy)
•experiences of working people (shepherds and farmers)
•economics, politics, and law