Horatio’s Philosophy in Hamlet

@article{Hui2013HoratiosPI,
  title={Horatio’s Philosophy in Hamlet},
  author={Andrew M. Hui},
  journal={Renaissance Drama},
  year={2013},
  volume={41},
  pages={151 - 171}
}
  • Andrew M. Hui
  • Published 1 September 2013
  • Philosophy
  • Renaissance Drama
“There are,” says a poet as ingenious as profound, “more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in our philosophy.” This sentiment, which Genius accidentally let drop, is in the main applicable also to the philosophy of our own day; and, with a slight modification, I shall be ready to adopt it as my own. The only change that is requisite to make it available for my purpose would be the addition—“and also between heaven and earth there are many things which are not dreamt of in our… 
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