Macbeth
William Shakespeare · first published 1508
Mentioned 3 time(s) by 3 guest(s): 0 recommend.
Harvey Mansfield on Conversations with Tyler (2026-03-18): mention
“…You could think of Macbeth, the nature of ambition and the character of it…”
Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy (Ep. 272)
Peter Thiel on Conversations with Tyler (2024-04-17): mention
“…You have someone like Macbeth who says, “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”…”
John McWhorter on EconTalk (2017-08-21): mention
“…There are, to my knowledge, two versions of Macbeth that work like this.…”
John McWhorter on the Evolution of Language and Words on the Move