...knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforc'd obedience of planetary influence; and all that we...lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! (Act I, Scene 2.) Not only are personal actions a fertile field for egocentric attribution; the actions...

...fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the H5 moon, and stars; as if we were villains by necessity, fools...in, by a divine thrusting on. An admirable evasion 120 of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! My father compounded...

...behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves...all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on.' These little pamphlets of some twenty-four pages contained much factual information of a useful nature....

...our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, moon, and stars; as if we were villains on necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves,...and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting in. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition on the charge of a star....

...behaviour, we 105 make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars; as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves,...influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine 11o thrusting on. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition on the charge...

...knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforc'd obedience of planetary influence; and all that we...lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! (126'34) Now the ubiquitous animal note is sounded: My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's...

...compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treacherers by spiritual predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers 100 by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and...man to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of stars. My father 68 sir] <). sirrah F 68 ay,] 1 Q; I, Q2; He F; Ay, Cam. '6« lord. If] L. If FV Lord,...

...are sick in fortune often the surfeit of our own behaviour - we make guilty of our disasters the Sun, Moon and the stars, as if we were villains by necessity,...all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on. King Lear CHAPTER THREE The Greeks From harmony from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: ....

...guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity,fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers,...all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on: King Lear, Act 1 Scene 2 lines 118-26 Edmund is sarcastic about his father's railing against change,...

...liquids, and listening to soothing music. But we can turn to Shakespeare again for the alternative view: "This is the excellent foppery of the world, that,...and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on."6 Nature and Human Nature But what was human nature itself? Men and women of the seventeenth century...