“Shakespeare was never an anarchist; and when he studies the problem of power, he does not suggest that it can be solved by abolition. His solution is an aristocracy of the spirit; his qualifications for rulership are self-realisation, forgiveness and love; and his ideal is a philosopher, or perhaps a mystic king.”
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“Shakespeare’s philosophy, although expanding from play to play, is consistent throughout.”