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Nov 2025
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Episode #242 ... Romeo and Juliet - Will...

STEPHEN WEST
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Today we talk about the philosophy behind the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We talk about how ineffective violence and honor codes are as ways of maintaining the stability of a society. How catastrophe may be a deterrent to violence. The tension presented by Shakespeare between a Christian view of love, marriage and salvation and an alternati ... Show More
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