Reason in man obscured, or not obeyed, Immediately inordinate desires, And upstart passions, catch the government From reason
 John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667). copy citation

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Author John Milton
Source Paradise Lost
Topic government passion
Date 1667
Language English
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“Justly thou abhorrest That son, who on the quiet state of men Such trouble brought, affecting to subdue Rational liberty; yet know withal, Since thy original lapse, true liberty Is lost, which always with right reason dwells Twinned, and from her hath no dividual being: Reason in man obscured, or not obeyed, Immediately inordinate desires, And upstart passions, catch the government From reason; and to servitude reduce Man, till then free. Therefore, since he permits Within himself unworthy powers to reign Over free reason, God, in judgement just, Subjects him from without to violent lords;” source