Philosophize This!
Episode #242 ... Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
November 29, 202531 min · 6,843 words
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Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the stability of a society. How catastrophe may be a deterrent to violence. The tension presented by Shakespeare between a Christian view of love, marriage and salvation and an alternative religion of love from his time.
Highlighted moments
what he chooses to add to the story. What he adds becomes a statement of what he thought was important to include in his version of it.
“violence like this even has a progressive element to it that makes it something that actively works against keeping things ordered.”
“the only way to get any semblance of peace between these groups that otherwise are so obsessed with their own pride is for some catastrophe to strike that gives us at least a temporary break from all the violence”
“in service to some intense feeling that they're having, that they've had for all of about 24 hours together, they will burn to the ground every social institution and relationship that makes their lives even possible.”
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