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The mind is its own place.
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“The mind is its own place.”

John Milton

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Source
Paradise Lost
Date
1667
Local voice
Poetic speaker · Satan
Meaning

Meaning of “The mind is its own place.”

The statement emphasizes how mental framing can alter the experience of circumstances, for good or ill.

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Where does it come from?

Paradise Lost (1667), Book I, line 254; retained legacy short extract from the fuller Satan sentence beginning ‘The mind is its own place’ and continuing into line 255. It is the same underlying passage as the longer catalog record, not a separate fifth passage.

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The sentence is part of Satan’s Book I speech in Paradise Lost; the poem immediately identifies the speaker as Satan rather than presenting it as Miltonian autobiography.

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