Intro to Lit 8: Shelley and Milton's sardonic God; moral judgment

Published: Feb. 2, 2016, 3:43 a.m.

On to Book 3 of Paradise Lost: Shelley on God's viciousness; God's jokes about Satan; similarities between the Son and Satan (via their courage) and God and Satan (via their gaming for humanity). \xa0Question of justifying the ways of God to men: do we judge whether he's just? \xa0How? Euthyphro dilemma. \xa0Luther on God's apparently unjust ways (can't be justified independently to us). \xa0Poetry in hell; philosophy in hell.