Logic of the Fall

"Logic of the Fall" is the first book to examine the formal logical properties of central speeches and dialogues in "Paradise Lost, " according to John Milton's formulae, principles, and concerns in his own "Art of Logic." In so doing, this book offers unconventional but cogent readings of this poem's central issues: the respective roles and responsibilities of Adam and Eve; the method of Satan's engineering of the Fall (and on who falls first); the causative properties of the Fall and the issue of culpability; and Milton's ultimate legacy for his readership. The Fall of humankind in "Paradise Lost" is not due to passion or will over reason, but rather to -pure reason- over -right reason.-"