Satanic Ethos: Evil, Death, and Individuality in Paradise Lost

The organization of this chapter onParadise Lostmight be considered a diptych. The first of its panels—Part I—shows the origin of evil, hence sin, in Satan’s envy when the Son is exalted, an envy that underlies Satan’s self-authoring pride.¹ This panel focuses primarily on negation and death. Part I...

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1. Verfasser:	Judith H. Anderson
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Afterlife Behavioral sciences Cognitive psychology Concept of mind Consciousness theory Doctrinal theology Emotion Emotional states Envy Eschatology Families Family members Group behavior Hell Hostility Human behavior Human societies Intellect Intelligence Malice Metaphysics Monopsychism Nonconformity Paradise Philosophy Philosophy of mind Pride Psychology Rebellion Religion Social behavior Social institutions Sociology Sons Soul Systematic theology Theology
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Zusammenfassung:	The organization of this chapter onParadise Lostmight be considered a diptych. The first of its panels—Part I—shows the origin of evil, hence sin, in Satan’s envy when the Son is exalted, an envy that underlies Satan’s self-authoring pride.¹ This panel focuses primarily on negation and death. Part II, the second panel, which examines God’s terms of exaltation in greater detail, focuses on the inseparable questions of individuality, allness, and pride, each of which, even pride, has a more positive potential.² My argument in both panels grows out of two crucial speeches in Book V, examining them