 | A. James Reichley - Philosophy - 2002 - 312 pages
...sport" (King Lear). Some of Shakespeare's characters rebut nihilism with the Stoic version of humanism: "Men must endure / Their going hence, even as their coming hither, / Ripeness is all" (Lear). And some with Augustinian Christianity: "There's a divinity that shapes our ends / Rough-hew... | |
 | Will Durant - History - 2002 - 351 pages
...now, having learned to love life, he had to prepare for death. Edgar had told Gloucester in King Lear: Men must endure their going hence, Even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all. (5.2) Maturity, not eternity, should be our goal. On March 25, 1616, Shakespeare made his will. In... | |
 | Hans-Günter Heimbrock, Wolf-Eckart Failing, Thomas A. Lotz - Philosophy - 2001 - 234 pages
...an Unverfügbarem zurücklassen. Diesen Rest kann man unter Verzicht auf jederlei Trost akzeptieren („Men must endure. Their going hence, even as their coming hither: Ripeness is all", heißt es im King Lear), oder man nimmt eben seine Zuflucht zum Trost der Religion, was die einen als... | |
 | Millicent Bell - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 316 pages
...acceptance of the mystery of our arrival and departure is the burden of Edgar's famous remark to Gloucester, Men must endure Their going hence even as their coming hither. Ripeness is all. The mysteries of all things in the world, and of human fates, become what to the skeptic mind they... | |
 | Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 264 pages
...teachers of literature, but my obsession is evidently an extreme case. I cannot count how many times "Men must endure / Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all" comes into my mind. If individuals can have key-mottoesfor-life, that from King Lear would be mine.... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 240 pages
...come on. Gloucester. No further, sir; a man may rot even here. Edgar. What ! in ill thoughts again? Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither: Ripeness is all. Come on. Gloucester. And that's true too. [Exeunt. (v,ii,1-u)+ Edgar asks for prayer and Gloucester... | |
 | Ewan Fernie - Drama - 2002 - 298 pages
...must be discarded, to find a truer self. A premature and self-determined end cannot be a good one: 'Men must endure / Their going hence even as their coming hither. / Ripeness is all' (5.2.9-11). Gloucester needs to submit to the larger process of the universe, which is a recognition... | |
 | G. Wilson Knight - 2002 - 256 pages
...Rollins calls this sonnet 'a weak prop to support so strong a burden as the dating' 1 Compare King Lear. Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither. Ripeness ii all. (v, ii, 9) (n, 6 1), but when in his Literary Genetics of Shakespeare's Poems and Sonnets TW... | |
 | Geraldine McCaughrean - Juvenile Fiction - 2003 - 68 pages
...a hand: 'As Player-Manager, I believe the onus should fall on me first!' 'No, no!' protested Curly. 'Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all!' But Everett Crew put a hand on Curly's arm and said in kindly reproof, 'Very apt, Curly, but kindly observe... | |
 | Mark Allen McDonald - Drama - 2004 - 334 pages
...reason before, when Oswald was about to kill him. Edgar asks him "What! in ill thoughts again? ..." Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither: Ripeness is all. We must endure our decline toward death even as we endured our birth. These are the things that are... | |
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What, in ill thoughts again ? Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither : Ripeness is all : Come on. 
