![]() Satan admits he is a rebel, but as with the Islamic accounts of Iblis, and with the medieval scholastics like Anselm and Aquinas, he has an excuse: from his perspective, God was behind his fall. (Image: izzzy71/Shutterstock) Satan: A Thinker and a Master of Possibilities From Satan’s perspective, God was behind his fall. As Satan says in the first book, God “tempted our attempt, and wrought our fall”. He sees himself as tempted tempted by God. Milton tries to capture how Satan sees the rebellion. By Charles Mathewes, Ph.D., University of Virginia In the early part of the Paradise Lost, Milton establishes that it is about Satan’s rebellion against God. ![]()
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