To understand the concerns of Milton's poetry, it is important to understand this massive conjunction of economic and spiritual thought that's really at the heart of English Protestantism.

想要了解弥尔顿诗歌的关注点,了解经济和精神上的联系是很重要的,这就是英国新教教义的核心。

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Anybody who looks at Greek mythology and Greek poetry, and Greek stories sees there is a powerful influence coming into Greek thought from mainly the Mesopotamian direction.

任何浏览过希腊神话,诗歌和故事的人,都能发现来自美索不达米亚的文化,对希腊思想的巨大影响

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