The Impact of Milton's Of Education on the Hartlib Circle's Understanding of Public and Private

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 241 - 260
• Main Author: Bromley, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 03.03.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; Attitudes; Dury, John (1596-1680); education; Education history; Educational philosophy; Hall, John (1627-1656); Hartlib Circle; John Dury; John Hall; John Milton; Milton, John (1608-1674); Samuel Hartlib

Milton's Of Education was an influential contribution to the Hartlibian philosophy of advancing knowledge in the 1640s. This article proposes that Milton's blueprint for an aristocratic academy enjoyed an afterlife in the Hartlibian texts of the later 1640s. The afterlife suggests that Mil...