{"title":"Mind Its Own Place — Milton","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mind-is-its-own-place-milton-paradise-lost-t-shirt","title":"Mind Is Its Own Place — Milton Paradise Lost T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eSatan says this from the floor of Hell in Book I of “Paradise Lost.” Milton was fifty-nine, recently blind, dictating to his daughters. The argument still holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSatan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The mind is its own place…”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMilton wrote \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e blind — dictating the entire epic poem to his daughters after losing his sight. He finished it in 1667, in his late fifties, having survived the execution of his king, the collapse of the English Commonwealth he’d devoted decades to, and a near-execution of his own. The line on this tee is spoken by Satan, freshly cast from Heaven, making his case for defiance from the floor of Hell. It is not a comfort. It is an argument — that sovereignty over one’s own mind is the only sovereignty that cannot be taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead a line of poetry in a bad year and understood it differently than you had before\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRefused to let an external situation dictate your interior one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound yourself on Satan’s side, at least on this particular point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix words across four lines — The Mind \/ Is \/ Its \/ Own Place… — each stacked and centered, large. The trailing ellipsis holds the sentence open. You read it the way Milton's verse moves: one beat, then the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA warm burnished rule below, then SATAN as the attribution — not Milton, not \"Paradise Lost,\" not \"Anonymous.\" The line belongs to the character who spoke it, from the floor of Hell. Paradise Lost, Book I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reader who annotates in the margins. The person who understands that how you hold something in your mind is not a passive act. The one who has never had much patience for the idea that their interior life is at the mercy of their exterior circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHold your ground.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eJohn Milton, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1608–1674, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWent blind in his early forties — dictated \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e to his daughters, finishing it in 1667\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpent two decades as a political propagandist for the English Commonwealth; nearly executed after the Restoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsidered the greatest epic poet in the English language; \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e was his direct challenge to Homer and Virgil, retelling the fall of man in twelve books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSatan’s speeches in Book I and IV are widely considered the most psychologically complex villain monologues in English literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Comfort Colors)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e33\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":42737999544414,"sku":"2926985_24509","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42737999577182,"sku":"2926985_24504","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42737999609950,"sku":"2926985_24514","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42737999642718,"sku":"2926985_24519","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42737999675486,"sku":"2926985_24524","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":42737999708254,"sku":"2926985_24529","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Mind_Is_Its_Own_Place_Milton_Paradise_Lost_TShirt_front.png?v=1782506974"}],"url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/milton-mind-its-own-place.oembed","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}