Realism – Merry and True

#6 To Be or Not to Be? That is the Question

When William Shakespeare put this in his play Hamlet he was, of course, quoting Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Volume 2. Hamlet asks the skull of a man who has ceased to be whether it is better to live or die? In the original reference Aquinas states that every contingent thing has in it something necessary.Continue reading “#6 To Be or Not to Be? That is the Question”