...licensing laws, advocating free expression as a means of discovering truth (646-47): And though ull the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon...field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, so misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehexxl grapple: who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a...

...laws, advocating free expression as a means of discovering truth (646-47): And though all the winds ot doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so...field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, so misdoubt her strength. Let her and FalsehixxJ grapple: who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a...

...John Milton argued for this freedom in his classic apology for freedom of conscience, Areopagitica: And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?4 Milton argues for a level playing...

...the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co., 1973). Milton writes (p. 35): "And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" 2 JS Mill, Utilitarianism, Liberty,...

...but the belief persists among free speech libertarians today: "And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be...misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the wors, in a free and open encounter."'5 The central tenet of marketplace...

...argument that truth will emerge in free and open discussions: "And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falshood grapple; who ever knew Truth...

...John Milton argued against prepublication censorship of religious views, in the classic Areopagitica: "And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" 3 Milton's argument that Truth...

...agitation. The temple of Janus with his two controversal faces might now not unsignificantly be set open. And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest...

...agitation. The temple of Janus with his two controversal faces might now not unsignificantly be set open. And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest...

...argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. . . . And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be...prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falshood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the wors, in a free and open encounter. Her [falsehood]...