Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions.”
- Source
- Areopagitica
- Date
- 1644
Meaning of “Where there is much desire to learn, there…”
Milton treats disagreement as a natural consequence of serious learning: intellectual activity produces competing arguments because knowledge is still being worked out.
Where does it come from?
Areopagitica, in Milton’s defense of a city actively reading, discussing, and testing ideas.
