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He's really taking that Shakespeare quote out of context. It's about suicide not striving towards goals.

• goldenkey 10y ago
  Which is really the only choice in existentialism. You are the one out of your realm..not the letter.
  • 3minus1 10y ago
    are you suggesting that the letter is about suicide, because it's definitely not.
    • goldenkey 10y ago
      The letter is about a lot of things.
• devilsavocado 10y ago
  Like most Shakespeare, a single interpretation rarely does it justice. I think it ties in with Thompson's idea of either floating with the tide or swimming towards a goal very well. The soliloquy it is taken from is about Hamlet debating whether to avenge his father's murder (swimming) or not (tide), and whether to continue living (swimming), or just accept death (tide).
  • 3minus1 10y ago
    you have it reversed. The choice is whether to continue being tormented by all life's degradations and pains (floating) or end them yourself by committing suicide (swimming)