Life is a Dream: A Philosophical Allegory

Life is a Dream: A Philosophical Allegory by Pedro Calderon De La Barca and translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Of all Calderon's works, "Life is a Dream" may be regarded as the most universal in its theme. It seeks to teach a lesson that may be learned from the philosophers and religious thinkers of many ages-that the world of our senses is a mere shadow, and that the only reality is to be found in the invisible and eternal. The story which forms its basis is Oriental in origin, and in the fo...