Shakespeare's King Lear with The Tempest: The Discovery of Nature and the Recovery of Classical Natural RightUniversity Press of America, 2004 - 317 pages Shakespeare's 'King Lear' with 'The Tempest' is Mark McDonald's inquiry into the political philosophy of William Shakespeare through a reading of King Lear with reference to The Tempest. McDonald follows an argument connecting King Lear to the question of natural right and to changes in the orders of the western world at the beginnings of modernity. |
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... Socratic sense , begins . Reading a written work is the purpose of commentary . As outlined by George Anastaplo , there are three levels of reading or three readings required to unravel and understand a great work . The first is simply ...
... Socratic sense , begins . Reading a written work is the purpose of commentary . As outlined by George Anastaplo , there are three levels of reading or three readings required to unravel and understand a great work . The first is simply ...
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... Socratic or anti - Socratic principle of the bodily nature . In ancient Greece , philosophy had a very distinct beginning , a pre- Socratic development , and then a natural fulfillment . The Renaissance return led to a repetition of the ...
... Socratic or anti - Socratic principle of the bodily nature . In ancient Greece , philosophy had a very distinct beginning , a pre- Socratic development , and then a natural fulfillment . The Renaissance return led to a repetition of the ...
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... Socrates was the master . " 16 Learning how to die may be identified with escape from the cave . Bloom " writes : ... Our love of our own ties us to the cave , and that powerful passion must be overcome in order to move upward on the ...
... Socrates was the master . " 16 Learning how to die may be identified with escape from the cave . Bloom " writes : ... Our love of our own ties us to the cave , and that powerful passion must be overcome in order to move upward on the ...
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... Socratic thinkers , as well as from the modern thinkers listed above.22 The ancient Greek discovery of nature preceded the founding of political philosophy by Socrates . The founding of political philosophy occurred when Socrates ...
... Socratic thinkers , as well as from the modern thinkers listed above.22 The ancient Greek discovery of nature preceded the founding of political philosophy by Socrates . The founding of political philosophy occurred when Socrates ...
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... Socratic best regime.24 Prospero is literally a philosopher , while Edgar , despite the understanding required for his action , is probably not literally a philosopher . The parallel between Prospero and Edgar , then , seems to indicate ...
... Socratic best regime.24 Prospero is literally a philosopher , while Edgar , despite the understanding required for his action , is probably not literally a philosopher . The parallel between Prospero and Edgar , then , seems to indicate ...
Contents
On Ancient Ceremonial Monarchy and the Opening Scene of Lear | 11 |
B The Destruction of the Ceremonial Monarchy | 16 |
The Love Test | 19 |
D The Answer of Cordelia and the Great Rage of Lear | 25 |
The Subplot Family of Gloucester | 37 |
A The First Soliloquy of Edmund | 39 |
B The Deception of Gloucester | 47 |
C The Rise of Edmund and the Escape of Edgar | 55 |
G The Slaying of Oswald | 169 |
The Awakening of Lear | 171 |
On the Final Act | 175 |
Ripeness is All | 177 |
a Lear and Cordelia Captured | 184 |
b The Defeat of Edmund and the Apocalyptic Conclusion of Lear | 188 |
CONCLUSION | 205 |
Uses of the Word nature in King Lear from Bartletts Concordance | 211 |
The Fool and the Earl of Kent | 63 |
A On Kent | 64 |
B The Fool and His Practical Teaching | 72 |
C The Failure of Albany | 82 |
D The Teaching of the Fool at the Approach of the Storm | 84 |
On Act III of King Lear | 91 |
B The Fools Prophecy of Merlins Prophecy | 98 |
C On III iii | 103 |
D On III iv | 104 |
The Betrayal of Gloucester | 121 |
Lear Mad at the House of Gloucester | 122 |
The Blinding of Gloucester | 131 |
On Act IV | 137 |
The Argument of Goneril and Albany | 142 |
C On IV iii and the Question of the French Invasion | 145 |
The Doctor | 152 |
a The CounterDeception of Gloucester | 154 |
b The Madness of Lear at Dover | 158 |
Appendix B | 215 |
On the Tripartite Division of the Kingdom | 218 |
Instances of the Word fortune in King Lear from Bartletts Concordance | 219 |
On the Connection of Shakespeares King Lear and The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth | 221 |
On the Origin of the Arthurian Legend and Gildas the Most Ancient British Author | 222 |
Notes to the Preface | 225 |
Notes to the Introduction | 226 |
Notes to Chapter One | 231 |
Notes to Chapter Two | 243 |
Notes to Chapter Three | 252 |
Notes to Chapter Four | 259 |
Notes to Chapter Five | 275 |
Notes to Chapter Six | 290 |
Notes to the Conclusion | 298 |
Bibliography | 299 |
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Common terms and phrases
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