...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...

...in rhetoric. "Milton wrote in the Areopagiiica that the strength of Truth should never be doubted. 'Let her and falsehood grapple: who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?' To which one could add the caution: 'To seek a true defence in an untrue weapon, is to angle the earth...

...exchanged between North and South, among people who vehemently disagreed with one another. [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?"44 In other words, society always benefits when conflicting ideas are permitted to compete...

...the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co., 1973). Milton writes (p. 35): "And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" 2 JS Mill, Utilitarianism, Liberty, and Representative Government (London: JM Dent & Sons, 1948) ,...

...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...ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?4 Milton argues for a level playing field, realizing that truth will ultimately carry the...

...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...Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the wors, in a free and open encounter."'5 The central tenet of marketplace arguments is that truth will...

...'truth' as opposed to ideology has been around for centuries. Almost 400 years ago, John Milton argued: And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; whoever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? (1927, 1644; quoted in E Emery,...

...Books, 1960], p. 40) a sentiment familiar to us not only from Plato but also from Milton's Areopagitica: "Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" Milton, Works, 1:326. The problem remains, however, in what "market" (or forum) is such an encounter...

...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...