John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet and polemicist. Moreover, John Milton was a man of letters and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. His poetry and prose describe deep individual persuasions, an aspiration for freedom and self-determination, important points and political instability of his day. "Areopagitica" is a prose polemical treatise by the English poet, scholar, and polemical author John Milton. Areopagitica is the most influential and impassioned philosophical defences of the principle of a right to freedom of speech and expression. Open the book and may you enjoy it from the first page to the last. "Areopagitica" will be of value to anyone, who is interested in Milton scholarship and the history of English literature. Enjoy the reading