id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9345 Areopagitica - Wikipedia .html text/html 3163 265 64 Original title Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, To the Parlament of England. Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England is a 1644 prose polemic by the English poet, scholar, and polemical author John Milton opposing licensing and censorship.[1] Areopagitica is among history's most influential and impassioned philosophical defences of the principle of a right to freedom of speech and expression. Areopagitica, A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing to the Parliament of England (1 ed.). "The Rhetorical Efficacy of John Milton's Areopagitica" (PDF).[permanent dead link] Areopagitica, A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing to the Parliament of England with a Commentary by Sir Richard C. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9345.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9345.txt