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The Shakespearean Ethic

(Vyvyan's Shakespearean Trilogy)

With modesty and conviction, this edition offers a viewpoint seldomly considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare’s philosophy. Appreciating the danger Shakespeare faced in wr

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“Every blossoming of civilisation is partly promise of the future, but mainly a summation of the past.”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

Tagged: History, The Sum of The Past, Past and Future

“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…”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

Tagged: Undergridding Kingship, Rulers, Government, Political Theory, Politics in Literature

“A seed of true human love in the heart will blossom as divine love in the soul.”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

Tagged: Love Trajectories, Gradually Expanding Notion of Human Goodness

“Tragedy, even on the threshold of its consummation, is not inevitable.”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

Tagged: Terrible Endings, Tragedy

“When the angels leave, the demons come in.”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

Tagged: Angels, What Fills You?

“A poet does not write to set down things he clearly knows, but to open the lips of his own oracle.”

— John Vyvyan, amazon.com

Tagged: Poets, Poetry, Writing, Writing as Discovery, Quote of the Moment