>One couldn't really talk about conscience in the Middle Ages, the conscience was only invented by Shakespeare, that old dancing master. What did he mean by this?

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Anonymous Wed Apr 4 06:39:56 2018 No.10948256 [Reply] [Original]

>One couldn't really talk about conscience in the Middle Ages, the conscience was only invented by Shakespeare, that old dancing master.
What did he mean by this?

Anonymous Wed Apr 4 07:03:24 2018 No.10948310
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>Preeminent literary critic-and ultimate authority on the western literary tradition, Harold Bloom ... presents one of the boldest theses of Shakespearean scholarships: that Shakespeare not only invented the English language, but also created human nature as we know it today.

Anonymous Wed Apr 4 07:03:47 2018 No.10948312

>>10948256
Either
>a) People did not have conscience up til the Middle Ages
>b) The works of Shakespeare fundamentally changed how we percieve ourselves, inventing or shaping our understanding of conscience
>c) Shakespeare liked to dance when he was old

Choose wisely OP

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 07:21:36 2018 No.10948367 >>10948256 Cultural memes altered how people conducted themselves and perceived the world.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 07:22:23 2018 No.10948372 >hasn't read Augustine's Confessions

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 07:22:39 2018 No.10948374 >>10948256 Wtf is this the new daily meme thread?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 4 07:23:07 2018 No.10948376 >>10948367 Nah, I think it's choice "a" here >>10948312

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