Education
...edence: “their studies, their exercise, and their diet. Milton has several subjects the student should focus on such as: good grammar, lectures and explanations at every chance, rules of arithmetic, Scripture until bedtime, agriculture, physics, the study of politics, on Sunday theology, and organic art. 5. Explain the role of writing or composition in the education process. The role of writing or composition in the education process is to give the students a “universal insight into things.” The works of Plato, Aristotle, etc. are what the students should focus on. Also poetry would be made “precedent” but kept “simple, sensuous, and passionate.” (145). 6. What exercises and recreations should accompany a “good and generous education?” Exercises and recreation that accompany “a good and generous education” is first the study of weaponry, which will keep the students in good health, strong and courageous. The other recreation is music. Milton thinks they should study a choice composer, and even embark on some composing themselve...