Sunday 19 February 2012

Iago's philosophy


Iago’s philosophic speech portrays humans as the masters of their own life ‘Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners’. He believes that people should not obey the social norms- shared morals and values ‘Virtue? A fig.’ and instead they should follow their own desires. Iago also denies the existence of love, to him ‘it is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the will’, once more it is all about our own needs which according to his philosophy should be fulfilled by any means but also they should be disguised as not showing your true self is more beneficial ‘defeat thy favour with an usurped beard’. I think that Iago’s philosophy is in many ways true as following it may benefit you materialistically however I believe that as naturally moral beings it is impossible to live free of guilt and that sooner or later those immoral actions would create regrets. 

1 comment:

  1. I agree with Bruce - v.good indeed. Insighful comments are backed up with appropriate evidence and clear expression is used.
    Are we really naturally moral beings?

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