Impressions of Hamlet's Soliloquy;

I rebel against the common view that the Socratic, "To be or not to be," is ultimately an imponderable. Socrates and Hamlet BOTH came to conclusive decisions.

Socrates - to not be.
Hamlet - to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing END them.

From my early efforts at French the verb, "To be," is the most fundamental, followed hard on by "To have." I have no particular answer to the implied "What does it mean to BE?" The source and color of the opinions offered about death are sufficiently obscured that it must be evaluated personally by interested readers.

Further words are only to liberate you to the view that your own individual understanding is as able as any to parse the syntax of philosophy offered.

Have a conversation about it... if the language defeats you then you haven't understood what is on offer. If you HAVE understood, 20 degrees are no greater license to know what should be learned than a ready wit. Shakespeare exonerated the Fool as one who employs pratfall to rebuke supercilious snobbery. Don't fail to convert on his efforts. Benefit instead.

If you must attribute, you may freely suggest that "the source and color of the opinions offered were sufficiently obscured that it must be evaluated personally by interested readers."