Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
- Source
- Hamlet
- Date
- c. 1600
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Hamlet
Meaning of “There are more things in heaven and earth,…”
The line warns against treating one explanatory framework as large enough to contain every possible fact or experience.
Where does it come from?
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5.
Why the local voice matters
Hamlet says this to Horatio in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5, after the encounter with the Ghost.
