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... play , into the more obvious conventional notion that play is an element in culture . But the notion that man is neither Homo sapiens nor Homo ludens , but above all Homo faber , man the maker , had taken such firm possession of present ...
... play , into the more obvious conventional notion that play is an element in culture . But the notion that man is neither Homo sapiens nor Homo ludens , but above all Homo faber , man the maker , had taken such firm possession of present ...
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... play in the human imagination : an interest that may have been stirred by the important role one plays in scattering seeds , the other in fertilizing annuals . The beetle's change from chrysalis to winged creature became a symbol of the ...
... play in the human imagination : an interest that may have been stirred by the important role one plays in scattering seeds , the other in fertilizing annuals . The beetle's change from chrysalis to winged creature became a symbol of the ...
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... play , not by the satisfaction of physical needs or the desire for material wealth , but by the more funda- mental pursuit of significance . Though architecture , with its utilization of many arts and its organic complexity , may well ...
... play , not by the satisfaction of physical needs or the desire for material wealth , but by the more funda- mental pursuit of significance . Though architecture , with its utilization of many arts and its organic complexity , may well ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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