Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work is counted as one of the most influential and inspired defenses of the right to freedom of expression in history. It is also a personal issue for Milton who was submitted to censorship himself when he tried to publish his defenses of divorce, radical works for the time that gained no quarter with censors. Distributed as a pamphlet, Milton's powerful arguments against 1643's Licensing Order note that classical Greek and Roman society was never subjected to such censorship, and he uses many classical and biblical references to reinforce his argument.
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73 editions First published in 1644
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1907, Printed at the Doves Press by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker ... sold at The Doves Press No 1 The Terrace Hammersmith
Areopagitica
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1927, Published by Columbia University Press for the Facsimile Text Society
Areopagitica, 1644.
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1944, Newly imprinted in the typography dept. of the Maidstone School of Arts and Crafts
Areopagitica
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![Cover of: Areopagitica [EasyRead Large Edition]](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1825653-S.jpg "Cover of: Areopagitica [EasyRead Large Edition]")
October 1, 2006, ReadHowYouWant.com
Areopagitica [EasyRead Large Edition]
Paperback
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Lrg edition
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![Cover of: Areopagitica [EasyRead Edition]](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1825117-S.jpg "Cover of: Areopagitica [EasyRead Edition]")
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![Cover of: Areopagitica [EasyRead Comfort Edition]](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1825367-S.jpg "Cover of: Areopagitica [EasyRead Comfort Edition]")
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History Created December 9, 2009 · 12 revisions
| November 23, 2012 | Edited by Anand Chitipothu | Reverted spam |
| November 21, 2012 | Edited by 188.190.126.67 | Edited without comment. |
| December 5, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
| December 4, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added subjects from MARC records. |
| December 9, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |